Publisher: Egmont USA
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/26/2011
ISBN-13: 9781606842096
ISBN-10: 1606842099

In 1863, Claire, the daughter of an Irish mother and a black father, faces ugly truths and great danger when Irish immigrants, enraged by the Civil War and the draft, lash out against blacks and wealthy "swells" of New York City.

Publisher: Scholastic Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 01/01/2009
ISBN-13: 9780590680417
ISBN-10: 0590680412

Presents a modern, urban retelling in verse of the ballet in which brave Amiri falls in love with beautiful Odette and fights evil Big Red for her on the streets of the Swan Lake Projects.

Publisher: HarperTempest/Amistad
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/01/2001
ISBN-13: 9780064407311
ISBN-10: 0064407314

While on trial as an accomplice to a murder, sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon records his experiences in prison and in the courtroom in the form of a film script as he tries to come to terms with the course his life has taken. A Coretta Scott King Honor Book. Reprint. 50,000 first printing.

Publisher: Scholastic Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 11/01/1996
ISBN-13: 9780590486675
ISBN-10: 0590486675

Despite his talents on the basketball court, sixteen-year-old Greg "Slam" Harris performs poorly in the classroom, and when his teachers confront him, an explosively angry Slam fears for his future for the first time.

Publisher: Scholastic
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/01/2003
ISBN-13: 9780439368414
ISBN-10: 0439368413

A visit to his Harlem neighborhood and the discovery that the girl he loves is using drugs give sixteen-year-old Anthony Witherspoon a new perspective both on his home and on his life at a Connecticut prep school. 35,000 first printing.