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The Black kids

By Hammonds Reed, Christina, author.

Genre Young adult fiction.

Audience Teens 14-17 years

Published [2020] by Simon & Schuster BFYR, New York

ISBN 9781534462724

Bib Id 2397398

Edition First edition.

Description 362 pages ; 22 cm

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ISBN
9781534462724 (hardcover) $19.00
1534462724
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YA Hammonds Reed
Author
Hammonds Reed, Christina, author.
Title
The Black kids
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
[2020] by Simon & Schuster BFYR, New York :
Description
362 pages ; 22 cm
Summary
Los Angeles, 1992. It's the end of senior year and Ashley Bennett and her friends are spending more time at the beach than in the classroom. When four LAPD officers are acquitted after beating a black man named Rodney King half to death, violent protests engulf LA and the city burns. Ashley tries to continue on as if life were normal; her self-destructive sister gets dangerously involved in the riots. The model black family façade her wealthy and prominent parents built starts to crumble. Her friends are spreading a rumor that could completely derail the future of her classmate and fellow black kid, LaShawn Johnson. Ashley is left to question who is the us? And who is the them? -- adapted from jacket
Audience
Ages 14 up.
Grades 10-12.
Subject
High school students--Fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Race relations--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Rodney King Riots, Los Angeles, Calif., 1992--Fiction.
Families--California Los Angeles--Fiction.
High schools--Fiction.
Schools--Fiction.
Los Angeles (Calif.)--History--20th century--Fiction.
Genre/Form
Young adult fiction.
Historical fiction

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