When you look like us
(Book)
Author
Published
New York : Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2021].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
356 pages ; 22 cm
Status
Oliver La Farge - Young Adult
Fiction Harris, P
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Fiction Harris, P
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Published
New York : Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2021].
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 4.6, 12 Points
Level 4.6, 12 Points
Notes
Description
When you look like us--brown skin, brown eyes, black braids or fades--everyone else thinks you're trouble. No one even blinks twice over a missing black girl from public housing because she must've brought whatever happened to her upon herself. I, Jay Murphy, can admit that, for a minute, I thought my sister Nicole just got caught up with her boyfriend--a drug dealer--and his friends. But she's been gone too long. Nic, where are you? If I hadn't hung up on her that night, she would be at our house, spending time with Grandma. If I was a better brother, she'd be finishing senior year instead of being another name on a missing persons list. It's time to step up, to do what the Newport News police department won't. Bring her home.--Publisher's description.
Target Audience
Ages 14-up.
Target Audience
12 years and up.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,UG,4.6,12,511862.
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Subjects
LC Subjects
African American families -- Fiction.
African American families -- Juvenile fiction.
African American teenagers -- Fiction.
African American teenagers -- Juvenile fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Families -- Fiction.
Families -- Juvenile fiction.
Missing persons -- Juvenile fiction.
Racism -- Virginia -- Fiction.
Racism -- Virginia -- Juvenile fiction.
Siblings -- Juvenile fiction.
Women, Black -- Crimes against -- Fiction.
Women, Black -- Crimes against -- Juvenile fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Young adult fiction.
African American families -- Juvenile fiction.
African American teenagers -- Fiction.
African American teenagers -- Juvenile fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Families -- Fiction.
Families -- Juvenile fiction.
Missing persons -- Juvenile fiction.
Racism -- Virginia -- Fiction.
Racism -- Virginia -- Juvenile fiction.
Siblings -- Juvenile fiction.
Women, Black -- Crimes against -- Fiction.
Women, Black -- Crimes against -- Juvenile fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Bisac Subjects