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The First Part Last
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Bobby is raising his baby, Feather.
Teenagers Nia and Bobby are going to be parents.
The chapters of this book don't follow the typical sequential order. Throughout the novel sixteen year old Bobby tells what's going on in his life 'now', and what happened 'then'. The story jumps from present to past, letting the reader know how things are ... »
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Heaven
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My "reading"/book club class read this little novel by Angela Johnson and initially had a warm-cold kinda feeling for the book, but in continuing to read the letters back and forth between Marley and her Uncle Jack - questions begin to arise. Why was he so intent on writing to someone who didn't really know him? Why were Marley's parents taking care of... »
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Looking for Red
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This novel is a moving depiction of grief, and of the unbearable secrets we keep even from ourselves. I use LOOKING FOR RED in my course on writing fiction for children and teens at Mills College as an example of spare and lyrical writing.... »
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On the Fringe
I'm actually 18, I just didn't feel like signing in so I used the kid review.
Anyways, I love this book. I bought it in junior high when I wa... »
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Toning The Sweep (Point)
Fourteen-year-old Emily learns the ritual of "toning the sweep," a way of drumming a plow to create a sound that honors the deceased, in this tale of mour... »
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Bird
Three different types of broken hearts interact in this very moving novel. Told from the individual perpectives of Ethan, a young boy who's just getting ... »
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Gone from Home
Angela Johnson, whose Toning the Sweep won the Coretta Scott King Award in 1994, once again proves her finesse at capturing the voices of youth an... »
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Humming Whispers
This book actually wouldn't be something that I would choose to read. It just didn't interest me that much.i didn't really get it. they used really big wo... »
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The Other Side: Shorter Poems
This was an enjoyable and excellent book to read and relating it to my growing up in the same little rural town. I can make a wonderful text to self conne... »
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