"Micah Dupree had always liked being the "good girl." She was happy painting, going to church, and acing her school projects. After all, she had a perfect older brother to live up to. But when he unexpectedly dies, Micah's world is turned upside-down. With her anxiety growing, a serious boyfriend in the picture, and new feelings emerging, Micah begins to question what being the "good girl" really means...and if it's worth it, anyway."--
“It wasn't that bad Be-Bop,” said the woman Tasha handed the blunt to. “besides, those white kids are the ones buying all the CD's. Once the song is nation wide, it's their money in our pockets.” “Tru dat,” said Be-Bop receiving the ...
Sex, drugs, catering to her new demons, and hanging out with the older crowd become her escape. When she experiences an unwanted pregnancy and the death of her mother, Cookie is left to wonder if this is the way her life will always be.
Genna Colon finds comfort in her dreams for the future in spite of the drug dealers in her building, as she makes wishes every day for a different life, until her wish is granted and she travels back in time to Civil War-era Brooklyn.
This book has received the AESA (American Educational Studies Association) Critics Choice Award 2013.
Philadelphia newcomer Darien Jackson may be young, gifted and beautiful but she's also up to her eyes in debt, unable to meet her credit card bills or her monthly car payments.
Transformation: A Rites of Passage Manual for African American Girls