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Sharon Flake
1) Money hungry
Author
Publisher
Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books For Children
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
All thirteen-year-old Raspberry can think of is making money so that she and her mother never have to worry about living on the streets again.
Author
Publisher
Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Paperbacks for Children
Pub. Date
2007, c2004
Language
English
Description
Teenaged Raspberry Hill tries to sort out her confused feelings of disgust, shame, and love for her homeless, drug addicted father and worries that she may have inherited his lying and stealing ways.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Audiobooks
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Octobia May is girl filled with questions. Her heart condition makes her special, and some foks would argue, gives this ten-year-old powers that make her a 'wise soul.' Thank goodness for Auntie, who convinces Octobia's parents to let her live in her boarding house that is filled with old folks. That's when trouble, excitement, and wonder begin.
5) Bang!
Author
Publisher
Listening Library
Pub. Date
p2006
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
Series
The skin I'm in novels volume 1
Publisher
Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
"Thirteen-year-old Maleeka, uncomfortable because her skin is extremely dark, meets a new teacher with a birthmark on her face and makes some discoveries about how to love who she is and what she looks like." --
Author
Series
The skin I'm in novels volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2021.
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...
8) Fresh ink
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"An anthology featuring award-winning diverse authors about diverse characters. Short stories, a graphic novel, and a one-act play explore such topics as gentrification, acceptance, untimely death, coming out, and poverty, and range in genre from contemporary realistic fiction to adventure and romance"--
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