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621) Gather
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Ian Gray isn't supposed to have a dog, but a lot of things that shouldn't happen end up happening anyway. And Gather, Ian's adopted pup, is good company now that Ian has to quit the basketball team, find a job, and take care of his mom as she tries to overcome her opioid addiction. Despite the obstacles thrown their way, Ian is determined to keep his family afloat no matter what it takes. And for a little while, things are looking up: Ian makes friends,...
622) Truevine: two brothers, a kidnapping, and a mother's quest : a true story of the Jim Crow South
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A true story of two albino African-American brothers who were kidnapped and displayed as circus freaks, and whose mother endured a decades-long struggle to find them and to get justice for her family. The year was 1899, and the old people told the story: the place, a sweltering tobacco community in the Jim Crow South called Truevine, where everyone they knew was either a former slave or a child or grandchild of slaves. Though the narrative of George...
Author
Series
Mayborn literary nonfiction volume 6
Publisher
University of North Texas Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Boyz n the hood: Three friends struggle to survive in South Central Los Angeles where friendship, pain, danger and love form a true picture of life in "the hood."
Baby boy: Jody doesn't have or want a job, because he lives with his mother Juanita in South Central L.A. Her new boyfriend Melvin is an ex-convict, ''original gangster," and landscaper. Jody views Melvin's arrival with suspicion--the last time Juanita had a boyfriend, she threw out his...
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