The Griots of Oakland by Angela Beth Zusman

ISBN 9780763662677. Quincy and Biddy rely on their sense of survival to make it in the real world after a lifetime of abuse and abandonment. A fast paced contemporary drama that asks, what are the right decisions when all the options are wrong? ISBN 9780062206886. Brutally initiated into the gang, Blaise is expected to do increasingly dangerous activities including being a “lure” to entice rival gang members.

Kaya’s sister Beth grapples with her own demons, including what happened to Kaya that lead her to the streets. Based on a true story, this narrative unfolds slowly until the family secrets are revealed and everything makes crushing sense. Kaya is beautiful, adopted and multiracial – addicted to drugs and prostitution. ISBN 9780062332905. Kaya and Beth live in a middle class family. Is life during these hard times so bad that this sounds like a great idea? A thought-provoking mystery/dystopia that tackles the meaning of society, life, redemption, love, and death.ĭe Vries, Maggie. Kevon is a year older, inches taller, a better basketball player, and is now SLEEPING IN Jarrett’s ROOM! A realistic fiction story that brings life to the issues of how hard it is to grow up and get along with others when you’re thrown into life altering situations over which you have no control.īurgess, Melvin. Then one day a baby arrives – and her brother too. Jarrett’s growing up in a household filled with one foster baby after another. A picture book based on Beaty’s experiences as a young boy when his father was incarcerated.īooth, Coe.

Every morning, a father knock, knocks on the door and a young boy pretends to be asleep until he jumps up into his father’s arms. Knock, Knock: My Dad’s Dream for Me. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. * * Denotes In the Margins Fiction and Non-Fiction Awardīeaty, Daniel.

The Griots of Oakland by Angela Beth Zusman