Sharon G Flake
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
321 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In The Skin I'm In, readers saw into the life of Maleeka Madison, a teen who suffered from the ridicule she received because of her dark skin color. For decades fans have wanted to know the fate of the bully who made Maleeka's life miserable, Char. Charlese Jones, with her raw, blistering voice speaks the truths many girls face, offering insight to some of the causes and conditions that make a bully. Turned out of the only home she has known, Char...
2) Pinned
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
228 p. : 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Adonis is smart, intellectually gifted and born without legs; Autumn is strong, a great wrestler, and barely able to read in ninth grade--but Autumn is attracted to Adonis and determined to make him a part of her life whatever he or her best friend thinks.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
327 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Paralyzed by guilt, eleven-year-old John Henry must come to terms with the events surrounding his Ma's near drowning and with the help of his twin sister Hattie, learn to embrace life again.
Author
Publisher
Boyds Mills Press, an imprint of Highlights
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Cat thinks Duck should stop meowing and start acting like a duck, but Duck doesn't want to be limited to acting like just one animal.
Author
Publisher
Astra Young Readers, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Best friends Duck and Cat have a problem--Cat makes Duck sneeze! 'I think-achoo!-I'm allergic to you,' Duck declares. Hilarity ensues as Cat keeps trying to solve the problem--but Duck keeps sneezing! Is Duck really allergic to Cat or is something else going on?"--
6) Bang!
Author
Publisher
Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
c2005
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
298 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A teenage boy must face the harsh realities of inner city life, a disintegrating family, and destructive temptations as he struggles to find his identity as a young man.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
276 pages ; 22cm
Language
English
Description
In 1953 ten-year-old Octobia May lives in her Aunt's boarding house in the South, surrounded by an African American community which has its own secrets and internal racism, and spends her days wondering if Mr. Davenport in room 204 is really a vampire--or something else entirely.
Author
Publisher
Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
168 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Guys and girls get together, get played, and get real. Who Am I Without Him? is a Booklist Top Ten Romance Novel for Teens and is "breaking new and necessary ground"* in twelve short stories about guys and girls falling in and out of love and relationships, testing out ways to communicate with one another, respect each other-and respect themselves. This is a complex, often humorous, and always on-point exploration of today's teens determined to find...
