I thought that the book Rikers Island by Paul Volponi was an amazing peice of literature. The realistic fiction blew my mind. I felt like I was there and could picture the whole story in my head like a 3-D movie. I would recommend this book to anyone who has been to jail or had friends/ family th...
Have u ever been hated by your color.Well then Response is a good book for u.Responce has alot of hate in it by the color u are white folks hate black people and hurt them for being in there neighborhood.this book is a realistic fiction. This book takes place in a neighborhood named Hiillsboro....
Best friends Mackey and J.R. have waited their whole lives to win the basketball tournament at Rucker Park, where their favorite pro ballers squared off against street legends. But the day of their big game, J.R. is fatally stabbed—and it’s Mackey’s fault, even though he didn’t wield the knife. N...
The INS agents wouldn’t let me open any windows. But even through the tinted glass, I could see the light in people’s eyes, and how much less weight they carried here. They were young and old, black, white, brown—a few even had hair dyed crazy colors, like orange and purple. But none of them seem...
The needle behind the glass swung up slowly and then jerked back again, settling into one spot. I’d gained a whole pound from the day before and was up to 106. But I didn’t feel like I had any more weight to me. Then I passed through the swinging doors, heading toward my locker, when a rider name...
I didn’t want there to be any problems.” —Diana Ross, famed Motown recording artist whose family moved into the Brewster-Douglass Housing Projects in her early teens CHAPTER FIVE MALCOLM McBRIDE 7:25 P.M. [CT] Trailing by a bucket, even the offensive-minded Malcolm is determined to clamp down on ...