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Booth, Coe
Tyrell
Tyrell lives with his spaced-out mother and little brother in a homeless shelter and just needs money to
get them out. Will he end up in jail, like his father? |
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Draper, Sharon M.
Romiette and Julio
Like Shakespeare's famous star-crossed lovers, Romiette Cappelle and Julio Montague face strong opposition
to their budding romance. In their case, a dangerous gang's disapproval of their interracial relationship
puts the two in mortal peril. |
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Frost, Helen
Keesha's House
Seven teenagers try to hold their lives together despite serious difficulties. |
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Grimes, Nikki
Bronx Masquerade
A group of high school students use creative writing to express themselves and in the process learn a lot
about who they really are. |
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Jones, Traci L.
Standing Against the Wind
Patrice isn't used to her new Chicago neighborhood and wants to escape the drugs and the gangs...
but her options are limited since her mother's in jail. |
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McDonald, Janet
Brother Hood
Nate Whitely's life at a prestigious prep school in upstate New York takes him far from his Harlem home,
but not so far as to sever the strong bond he has to his neighborhood. But complications from one life keep intruding on the other. |
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McDonald, Janet
Spellbound
Raven Jefferson is a fifteen-year old high school dropout on welfare living with her mother and infant son
in the projects of Brooklyn. When her sister encourages her to enter a spelling bee whose prize is a
college scholarship, Raven rises to the challenge |
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Myers, Walter Dean
Autobiography of My Dead Brother
As Jesse fills his sketchbook with pictures of his best friend Rise, he realizes that Rise is becoming
someone he doesn't know anymore. |
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Sapphire
Push
For Precious Jones, sixteen and pregnant with her father's child, miraculous hope appears
when a courageous, determined teacher inspires her to learn to read.
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Woods, Brenda
Emako Blue
Emako Blue, a girl from South Central L.A., is destined to be a star -- until everything changes in one
horrific instant. |
