Download or read book Hey Homegirl written by Lashell Rivers and published by Fulton Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2020-09-23 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She was born in Washington, DC, to a very low-income family, a time in which the ’80s introduced drugs to their area. She moved to Virginia, where less black people resided, and had to figure out a lot on her own. Facing verbal abuse, she later became mentally disabled and found it difficult to accept. She pursued her dreams, even without success. She sought help and began to love herself; however, all of that came at a cost.

Download or read book Time Worketh Patience written by Melody Kay Heart and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2019-09-11 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michelle first saw Mr. Fox when she was in high school, where she developed a serious crush. It’s been fifteen years since she graduated, and she’s never quite gotten over the way she felt about the guy. Even as an adult, she always talks about Mr. Right—or Mr. Heaven—and believes Mr. Fox is that guy, the only one for her. Michelle’s best friend, Dawn, has been fixing her up on blind dates to try to get Michelle over her fixation on Mr. Fox. She has tried, time and again, to get Michelle’s mind off the handsome history teacher but to no avail. No one compares to him, no matter Dawn’s good intentions. Luckily, Michelle has faith that God will make everything work out for the best. After Michelle graduated, she started writing a novel to help get her mind off the love of her life, and she just finished writing it. Now, she hopes to heal her heart by publishing and sharing her story. Will she accomplish her dream? Will Dawn find Michelle a Mr. Heaven that isn’t Mr. Fox? God guides our paths, true, but sometimes, those paths are long and winding.

Download or read book Homegirls written by Norma Mendoza-Denton and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-01-21 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this ground-breaking new book on the Norteña and Sureña (North/South) youth gang dynamic, cultural anthropologist and linguist Norma Mendoza-Denton looks at the daily lives of young Latinas and their innovative use of speech, bodily practices, and symbolic exchanges that signal their gang affiliations and ideologies. Her engrossing ethnographic and sociolinguistic study reveals the connection of language behavior and other symbolic practices among Latina gang girls in California, and their connections to larger social processes of nationalism, racial/ethnic consciousness, and gender identity. An engrossing account of the Norte and Sur girl gangs - the largest Latino gangs in California Traces how elements of speech, bodily practices, and symbolic exchanges are used to signal social affiliation and come together to form youth gang styles Explores the relationship between language and the body: one of the most striking aspects of the tattoos, make-up, and clothing of the gang members Unlike other studies – which focus on violence, fighting and drugs – Mendoza-Denton delves into the commonly-overlooked cultural and linguistic aspects of youth gangs

Download or read book Home Girl written by Judith Matloff and published by Random House. This book was released on 2008-06-24 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After twenty years as a foreign correspondent in tumultuous locales including Rwanda, Chechnya, and Sudan, Judith Matloff is ready to put down roots and start a family. She leaves Moscow and returns to her native New York City to house-hunt for the perfect spot while her Dutch husband, John, stays behind in Russia with their dog to pack up their belongings. Intoxicated by West Harlem’s cultural diversity and, more important, its affordability, Judith impulsively buys a stately fixer-upper brownstone in the neighborhood. Little does she know what’s in store. Judith and John discover that their dream house was once a crack den and that “fixer upper” is an understatement. The building is a total wreck: The beams have been chewed to dust by termites, the staircase is separating from the wall, and the windows are smashed thanks to a recent break-in. Plus, the house–crowded with throngs of brazen drug dealers–forms the bustling epicenter of the cocaine trade in the Northeast, and heavily armed police regularly appear outside their door in pursuit of the thugs and crackheads who loiter there. Thus begins Judith and John’s odyssey to win over the neighbors, including Salami, the menacing addict who threatens to take over their house; MacKenzie, the literary homeless man who quotes Latin over morning coffee; Mrs. LaDuke, the salty octogenarian and neighborhood watchdog; and Miguel, the smooth lieutenant of the local drug crew, with whom the couple must negotiate safe passage. It’s a far cry from utopia, but it’s a start, and they do all they can to carve out a comfortable life. And by the time they experience the birth of a son, Judith and John have even come to appreciate the neighborhood’s rough charms. Blending her finely honed reporter’s instincts with superb storytelling, Judith Matloff has crafted a wry, reflective, and hugely entertaining memoir about community, home, and real estate. Home Girl is for anyone who has ever longed to go home, however complicated the journey. Advance Praise for Home Girl “Although I always suspected that renovating a house in New York City would be a slightly more harrowing undertaking than dodging bullets as a foreign correspondent, it took this charming story to convince me it could also be more entertaining. Except for the plumbing. That’s one adventure I couldn't survive.” –Michelle Slatalla, author of The Town on Beaver Creek “After years of covering wars overseas, Judith Matloff takes her boundless courage and inimitable style to the front lines of America’s biggest city. From her vantage point in a former crack house in West Harlem, she brings life to a proud community held hostage by drug dealers and forgotten by policy makers. Matloff’s sense of humor, clear reportage, and zest for adventure never fail. Home Girl is part gritty confessional, part love story, and totally delightful.” –Bob Drogin, author of Curveball “Here the American dream of home ownership takes on the epic dimensions of the modern pioneer in a drug-riddled land. Matloff’s story, which had me crying and laughing, is a portrait of a household and a community, extending far beyond the specifics of West Harlem to the universal–as all well-told stories do.” –Martha McPhee, author of L’America

Download or read book If the Mountain Were Smooth written by Angelina Marie and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-08-07 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "If the Mountain Were Smooth" tells the story of a troubled twenty-year-old trying to find herself in New York City. In the midst of a troubling scandal, involving high-level military personnel and civil rights, Gabby must make difficult decisions that will affect not only her life, but the lives of those around her. This fast-paced, emotion-driven novel pulls at the hearts of readers.

Download or read book I Used to be a Superwoman written by Gloria Velàsquez and published by Arte Publico Press. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chicano Movement is not dead. It lives on, fierce and passionate, in the voice and person of Gloria Velàsquez. Challenging our complacency, her resonant cries for justice ñrefuse to be silent/to be buried in obscurityî. Velàsquez has known poverty and discrimination intimately and, like a phoenix from the ashes, she has risen to recognition as an artist, an educator and a leader. But, the poet is as uncompromising with herself as she is with her reader. Refusing to rest on her laurel, her ardent verses are a pledge reiterating her allegiance to la causa and a call to arms demanding that others perpetuate the struggle. A consummate oral performer and speaker, Velàsquez has been uniquely successful in transferring onto the printed page the drama of reciting poetry on barrio streets. These pages burn with the fire of action and commitment.

Download or read book Gang Related 13 written by C.G. and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2021-01-10 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surviving out on the streets it's not a joke. Every city has it's ghettos in this case it's varrio's and every varrio has it's stories. Mainly based on the north east of los Angeles this fictional stories and characters reflect some reality and take you into am underground world where gangs and police constantly cross into each other's path. A place where an innocent looking girl can be the coldest killer and in which drugs can make you lose it all if you're not string enough. The only sure thing is that it never stops, it always keeps going only the people change.

Download or read book The Dictionary of 1980s Slang written by Rick Carlile and published by Carlile Media. This book was released on 2021-08-09 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: STRANGER THAN FICTION! - Ideal for any '80s kid, and anyone who wants to discover what made the '80s great! - Packed with over 800 scrupulously-researched entries. - Over 500 citations from '80s movies, music and books. - Incisive, humorous definitions examining etymology, history, and more. - Numerous explanatory illustrations. - From the author of the USA #1 best-selling (unofficial) Scrabble book "The Dictionary of Two-Letter Words." - Bonus! Print-out-and-play yuppie simulator card game. The 1980s: a decade of uplifting energy, exhilarating confidence, raw power, and uncompromising style. A decade of Armani-wearing, slicked-back dudes and power-dressing, big-haired babes zooming down open highways in sports cars, breakdancers gyrating to the sounds of the boombox, neon-clad skaters and BMXers soaring through the skies in a sparkling, endless Californian heatwave. It was the decade hip hop and new wave went mainstream, home computing planted the seed of the Information Age, and a flood of electrifying movies and music intoxicated the world with glorious visions of the chrome-plated American Dream. And the language! Every ’80s movement developed its own vibrant, eloquent, often hilarious slang - and the mass media machine turbocharged it into the popular imagination. This bright, witty dictionary is no dry lexicon - it's a fresh, zesty expedition into the soul of a vigorous age. You can dip in at random, read it cover-to-cover, or surf from one cross-reference to another in a radical journey of linguistic exploration. However you approach this unique book, you will find yourself reliving an era of limitless optimism and opportunity - or discovering it for the first time! THE TOTALLY AWESOME GUIDE TO ROCKIN' '80S LINGO Proudly published in the USA by Carlile Media.

Download or read book Upstaged written by Patricia McCowan and published by Orca Book Publishers. This book was released on 2016-04-12 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this novel for teens, Ellie loves musical theater and is used to getting leading roles, but after she moves to the big city, she has to share a part with a talented girl who seems determined to outshine her.

Download or read book The Coin Game Book II The Hunted written by J. W. Robertson and published by J. W. Robertson. This book was released on 2024-10-28 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book 2 of 3 In todays modern world, what would you do with a magic coin that allowed you to heal? Or, if you had a magic coin that allowed you to summon an unbreakable sword? Or, it allowed you to persuade your enemies to your side? Or, it allowed you to see your enemies' deepest desires? Or, it made lovers hate each other? Would you use it for good or evil? What would you do, if someone tried to take your magic coin. Would you fight them? Persuade them? Shoot them? Oh, yeah, did I forget to mention, we still have guns baby! This is an urban fantasy taking place in modern day America. A wide array of characters obtain magic coins that allow them to perform extraordinary feats. The coin holders, called players, all play in "The Coin Game". Some players want all the power and all the coins. They will use their coins to hurt others. excerpt: He closes his fist and concentrates for a minute. “Sword, please.” he thinks. He feels a punch to his belly, and a spinning in his bowels. After a moment, the feeling leaves him, and a large bronze colored sword appears in his hand. “Wow, cool color. I thought it would be black.” He slowly stabs both tires on his side of the car.

Download or read book Ball Don t Lie written by Matt de la Peña and published by Delacorte Press. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Newbery Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Matt de la Pena's Ball Don't Lie "is a must-read." [The Bulletin] Sticky is a beat-around-the-head foster kid with nowhere to call home but the street, and an outer shell so tough that no one will take him in. He started out life so far behind the pack that the finish line seems nearly unreachable. He’s a white boy living and playing in a world where he doesn’t seem to belong. But Sticky can ball. And basketball might just be his ticket out . . . if he can only realize that he doesn’t have to be the person everyone else expects him to be. Matt de la Peña's breakout urban masterpiece, Ball Don’t Lie takes place where the street and the court meet and where a boy can be anything if he puts his mind to it. ★"[An] inspiring story. Sticky is a true original, and de la Peña has skillfully brought him to life."-School Library Journal, Starred "Riveting...Teens will be strongly affected by the unforgettable...basketball action; and the questions about race, love, self-worth, and what it means to build a life without advantages."-Booklist "Stunningly realistic."-VOYA "Gritty and mesmerizing."-Kirkus Reviews "I have never before seen blacktop ball depicted so well. In this novel, you will find its flash, its power, and its elegance without chains. This is powerful stuff."-Antawn Jamison, forward for the Los Angeles Clippers "Truly authentic in its examination of both the game I love and the invariable missteps toward manhood. You cannot fail to be moved by the eloquence and truth of this story."-Rick Fox, former forward for the Los Angeles Lakers An ALA Best Book for Young Adults An ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers

Download or read book Jazz An Aladdin Retelling written by Emily Bourne and published by Halo & Claws Publishing. This book was released on 2020-10-25 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Someone wants her title, and they’ll force her into marriage to get it. After fleeing a predatory situation, hiding her upper-class persona is protection. From a life of luxury, this hard-working socialite discovers a world of poverty. When her family business is her every thought, this new world compels her to re-evaluate her lifestyle. Never did she imagine finding Mr Right. Kind-hearted, down on his luck, and thankfully, nothing like the man asking for her hand in marriage. As passion flames between them, revealing her true identity could lose him. Is risking her heiress status worth a chance at love? Fearing a vile engagement, Jazz has a heart-breaking decision. Return home to fight for the title she craves. Or risk everything to be with a man who could change her life for the better. If you love contemporary romance intertwined with gripping suspense, you'll love this modern retelling of Aladdin. Books in the Happily After When series: 1. Jazz - An Aladdin Retelling 2. Aria - A Little Mermaid Retelling 3. Cara - A Cinderella Retelling 4. Sachi - A Snow White Retelling 5. Rory - A Sleeping Beauty Relling 6. Buck - A Beauty and the Beast Retelling And many more to come...

Download or read book Respect One Man s Journey written by Carlos Blackwell and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2008-07-17 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marcus Johnson was a young man living a pretty simple life. Until one day he lost everything, his job and family all in one day. Marcus turns to his friends for help. Marcus two childhood friends lend their support they convince Marcus to step up to the plate and be a man. Marcus convinces himself to step up. Marcus enters a world of hustling,decent and murder. Take a ride on ONE MANS JOURNEY as Marcus tries to gain the one thing everyone thinks hes lacking.RESPECT.

Download or read book Melody Loses Her Mojo written by Keith Saha and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I gotta keep hold of my Mojo He keeps me bouncing up and down like a yo-yo When I'm on a low low He makes me ho ho Gets me flying out of black holes like Chewbacca and Han Solo Melody is in the care system and is out of control . . . the only thing that is constant in Melody's life is her toy monster, Mojo. Blessing has come from Nigeria to stay with an 'Aunty', but when the relationship breaks down, she is trapped in the care system and longs to be back with her Nana in Lagos. Rizla has just left the care system. He has been taken in by some older guys in the local hostel and has found his new 'family'. Melody Loses Her Mojo is a bold, gritty and challenging story aimed at young people. It fuses Hip-hop theatre, dance, puppetry and street art to follow the amazing journeys of three remarkable young people, whose stories intertwine in a world full of magical and surreal moments.

Download or read book Home Girl written by Alex Wheatle and published by Akashic Books. This book was released on 2019-12-20 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Wheatle has delivered a definitive narrative steeped in cultural philosophy and human sensibilities. Despite the foibles of his tragic characters, a redemptive quality is present--persevering--a testament of the human will to survive against all odds...Highly recommended." --Kaieteur News (Guyana) "With a tough exterior and brash attitude, Naomi is an authentic character in an unfortunate yet accurate picture of modern-day foster care in the UK...The ending is neither predictable nor sugarcoated, leaving readers rooting for this determined heroine." --School Library Journal Included in In the Margins's 2020 Recommended Fiction List Included in Publishers Weekly's African-American Interest Young Readers's Titles, 2019–2020 Included in Booklist's Fall 2019 Youth Preview Included in Publishers Weekly's Fall 2019 Children's Sneak Previews "As politicians might only see the population's day-to-day lives in terms of statistics rather than experiences, (knowing how many people work on minimum wage doesn't say anything about what the experience is like), they might benefit from more of an insight. A useful contemporary novel they should pick up is Alex Wheatle's Home Girl, focusing on the experience of a girl in the foster care system who is constantly shifted around and can never find a permanent home. Wheatle's other books might be just as beneficial, as he draws on his own experiences of Brixton and the social system." --The Boar, included in The Politicians' Required Reading List "Wheatle returns to the world of his award-winning Crongton books with what Atom is calling his most powerful and personal novel yet. Naomi Brisset is a teenage girl growing up too fast in the UK care system. Her journey through a series of foster homes exposes the unsettling, often heartwrenching truth of this life. Yet despite the grit, Wheatle's writing is as rich and warm as ever, bringing courage and hope to an unforgettable heroine's story." --Bookseller (UK), Editors' Choice "Teenager Naomi, old before her time and as vulnerable as she is fierce, is growing up in the care system. Foster homes and pupil referral units revealing the unsettling, often bewildering reality of this existence. Wheatle's empathy, authentic characters, and rich dialogue illuminate the dark." --Observer Magazine (UK) "Another powerful and poignant novel deftly created by one of the most prolific master novelists on either side of the pond. Home Girl is a page-turner, with not a dull moment. Loved it from the rooter to the tooter." --Eric Jerome Dickey, New York Times best-selling author of Before We Were Wicked "Alex Wheatle's latest novel offers no unrealistic fairy tale happy ending. But the award-winning writer, who draws on his own experiences of a childhood in care, does offer some hope for Naomi, a sometimes difficult but very likeable heroine." --Irish News, Children's Book of the Week This isn't my home. Haven't had a proper home since...This is just somewhere I'll be resting my bones for a week and maybe a bit. This time next year you'll forget who I am. I haven't got a diddly where I'll be by then. But I'm used to it. New from the best-selling black British author Alex Wheatle, Home Girl is the story of Naomi, a teenage girl growing up fast in the foster care system. It is a wholly modern story which sheds a much-needed light on what can be an unsettling life--and the consequences that follow when children are treated like pawns on a family chessboard. Home Girl is fast-paced and funny, tender, tragic, and full of courage--just like Naomi. It is Alex Wheatle's most moving and personal novel to date.

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Download or read book From the Gutter to the Green written by Shaquana Gaskins and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2022-09-01 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The drug game is a serious battle field many consequences. The streets can either make you or break you. Surely enough one woman tests how far she can go to proclaim her dominance as HBIC of the streets, but at what cost?