Tag Archives: New York City
“Kendra”
Kendra by Coe Booth Kendra is tired of her Nana’s constrictive rules about the way she dresses and whether she can talk to boys. Her Nana is tired of having to take care of Kendra and hopes to avoid … Continue reading
Posted in Family Problems, Fiction, Hi-Low/Quick Read, Mature Readers, Multicultural, Read 180, Romance, Young Adult Literature
Tagged African Americans, book reviews, child-parent relationships, Coe Booth, family problems, hi-low reading, Kendra, New York City, parent-teen relationships, Read 180, romance, teen fathers, teen mothers, teen pregnancy, the Bronx, urban teens
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New Civil Rights Series–In Print and as eBooks
If you are doing an assignment on civil rights in the 20th or 21st centuries, come check out a great book. This series deals with South Africa and Apartheid laws; Iran and women’s rights; American Indians and Alcatraz Island; the … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Fiction/Historical Element, Human Rights Issues, Non-fiction
Tagged 1909, 1930, 1952, 1957, 1960s, 1969, 1970, 1989, 2005, African Americans, Alcatraz Island, American Indians, Apartheid Laws, Cesar Chavez, China, civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, Defiance Campaign, Delano Grape Strike, gay power, gay pride, Gay Rights Movement, integration, International Ladies Garment Workers Strike, Iran, Latinos, LGBTQ, Little Rock Nine, lockouts, lunch counter sit-ins, Mexican Americans, migrant farm workers, Mohandas Gandhi, New York City, Salt March, school integration, South Africa, Stonewall Riots, strikes, student activists, Tiananmen Square Protest, women's rights
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Adult Books for Teens: Biography: “Breaking Night”
Breaking Night by Liz Murray Being the child of drug addicts makes for a life both frightening and weird. There’s no stability, the strangers in house can be anyone, including child sexual predators. And the parents themselves are pretty … Continue reading
