After Tupac and D Foster
Jacqueline Woodson"The summer before D Foster's real mama came and took her away, Tupac wasn't dead yet. From this first line in her quiet, powerful novel, Woodson cycles backward through the events...
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If you like Flyy Girl by Omar Tyree
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Walter Dean MyersMyers takes readers inside the walls of a juvenile corrections facility in this gritty novel. Fourteen-year-old Reese is in the second year of his sentence for stealing prescription...
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Janet Nichols LynchA fifteen-year-old Mexican American has experienced a series of tough breaks before finding himself completely on his own. He decides to try to keep his lack of a home a secret from...
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Walter Dean Myers
Virginia JohnsonAward WinnersSurviving High SchoolReading MattersAuthor ProfilesNewbery HonorUrban FictionLibraryPoint BlogTeen BlogIn his autobiographical novel for young people, Bad Boy, Walter Dean...
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When I Was the Greatest by Jason Reynolds
Craig GrazianoGuys Read TooKnittingBoxingUrban FictionBrooklynFathers and Sons -- fictionTourette's Syndrome -- fictionLibraryPoint BlogShelf Life BlogunRequired Reading BlogTeen BlogWhen I Was the...
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Nikki GrimesWhile studying the Harlem Renaissance, students at a Bronx high school read aloud poems they've written, revealing their innermost thoughts and fears to their formerly clueless...
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