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65) Wheels of danger
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Series
Uptown downtown volume 4
Language
English
Description
Vesey McCall finds himself caught between the two worlds of his best friends, but he learns lessons from both of them.
Author
Series
Uptown downtown volume 1
Language
English
Description
Vesey McCall, an African-American teenage boy, accepts a dare from two school friends that results in disaster.
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Series
Uptown downtown volume 2
Language
English
Description
Teenager Vesey McCall falls in love with a mysterious young lady on the subway and becomes a hero while proving his love.
68) Hitting the ice
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Series
Uptown downtown volume 5
Language
English
Description
Vesey McCall and his girlfriend Charmian visit the ice rink and are intimidated by the Drake brothers until Vesey's friend Egon intercedes.
69) The road south
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Series
Uptown downtown volume 8
Language
English
Description
Vesey McCall and his father make a nostalgic visit to North Carolina, where Mr. McCall grew up, and the two share a closer relationship as a result.
70) Beat street
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English
Description
Three friends who dream of breaking out of their South Bronx existence find a ray of hope in the form of a local composer/choreographer, who takes interest in their individual talents.
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English
Description
Nathaniel "Cornbread" Hamilton was the black urban dream and a hero to youngsters Wilford Robinson and Earl Carter. Shortly before he would have become the first man from his community to go to college, he demonstrates his scholarship-winning running ability to his friends and admirers in the neighborhood. At the same time, the police are on a manhunt for an armed rapist. They mistake Cornbread for the rapist and shoot him dead in the street. In the...
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Series
Platinum teen series volume 2
Language
English
Description
When Porsha's boyfriend Abdul decides to tell the truth about a certain something the girls would like to keep private, Kera, Porsha, and Dymon anxiously wait to see what the repercussions will be.
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English
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"Offers readers a captivating look into the Civil Rights Movement and how the actions of children helped promote equality for all races in America. Learn about the motivated children who participated in this historic event and why they continued to gather together in the face of great adversity. Additional features include a Fast Facts spread, a timeline, critical-thinking questions, primary source quotes and accompanying source notes, a phonetic...
76) Our 1st protest
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English
Description
"An 11 year old Black girl, attends her 1st protest with her little sister, Brooklyn and their mother. In this book, London will take you on a step by step journey through their life changing experiences marching for equal rights."
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English
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"Raised Up Down Yonder attempts to shift focus away from why black youth are "problematic" to explore what their daily lives actually entail. Howell travels to the small community of Hamilton, Alabama, to investigate what it is like for a young black person to grow up in the contemporary rural South. What she finds is that the young people of Hamilton are neither idly passing their time in a stereotypically languid setting, nor are they being corrupted...
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