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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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"A gang leader's son finds his effort to go straight for the sake of his child challenged by a loved one's brutal murder, in a poignant exploration of Black coming-of-age set seventeen years before the events of the award-winning 'The Hate U Give'"--
Author
Publisher
Dafina KTeen Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
While DeMarco Winslow finds that his frequent trips to a juvenile detention house provide better living conditions than his own home, his twin sister Jasmine becomes close with the DIVAs, a dangerous gang.
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Elijah, seventeen, has always been sure of just one thing--basketball--and believes it will be his way out of West Baltimore, but when gang violence knocks him down, helping a veteran repair his rickety home helps Elijah see what really matters.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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A boy tries to steer a safe path through the projects in Harlem in the wake of his brothers death in this outstanding debut novel thats been described as a “fast and furious read in which we meet some amazing people, people that stay with us” by Newbery Honor and National Book Awardwinning author Jacqueline Woodson. Its Christmas Eve in Harlem, but twelve-year-old Lolly Rachpaul and his mom arent celebrating. Theyre still reeling from his older...
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