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Author
Lexile measure
HL 550L
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Bri wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. Or at least win her first battle. As the daughter of an undersground hip-hop legend who died right before he hit big, Bri's got massive shoes to fill. But it's hard to get your come up when you're labeled a hoodlum at school and your fridge at home is empty after your mom loses her job. So Bri purs her anger and frustration into her first song, which goes viral ... for all the...
2) Skin deep
Author
Pub. Date
1994
Lexile measure
830L
Physical Desc
280 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
An angry teenager is sucked into a gang of neo-Nazis. Dan shows up on his first day at a new school with long blond hair, John Lennon glasses, and a shy grin that makes every girl in the hallway swoon. But he only has eyes for Laurel, who's in his English class. Laurel stirs feelings in Dan that he never knew existed, and suddenly, he understands love. Soon, he will understand hate as well. When a gang of violent young men invades the annual Halloween...
3) The Cruisers
Author
Series
Cruisers volume 1
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
810L
Physical Desc
126 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Friends Zander, Kambui, LaShonda, and Bobbi, caught in the middle of a mock Civil War at DaVinci Academy, learn the true cost of freedom of speech when they use their alternative newspaper, The Cruiser, to try to make peace.
Author
Pub. Date
1989
Physical Desc
293 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Language
Español
Description
Because of the moral stand taken by her father, a newspaper editor who has persistently attacked the military dictator ruling their Latin American country, Marta and her family find themselves prisoners of the government.