Brick by Brick was written by Charles R. Smith Jr. and illustrated by Floyd Cooper. This book contains rhymes and it is very poetic; therefore, I would say that this book is both a fictional book and poem at the same time. It uses it beautiful rhythmic text to tell a story of how t...
The streets of Compton zoomed past my eyes as we headed home to Carson. Supermarkets, restaurants, malls, and banks replaced liquor stores, chicken shacks, beauty parlors, and check-cashing places. A song on the radio filled the uncomfortable silence. Every once in a while I glanced over at Mama,...