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The black kids

With the Rodney King riots closing in on high school senior Ashley and her family, the privileged bubble she has enjoyed, protecting her from the difficult realities most black people face, begins to crumble.

Main Author: Hammonds Reed, Christina (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster BFYR, [2020]
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Race relations > Young adult fiction.
African Americans > Young adult fiction.
Rodney King Riots, Los Angeles, Calif., 1992 > Young adult fiction.
Families > California > Los Angeles > Young adult fiction.
High schools > Young adult fiction.
Schools > Young adult fiction.
Family life > California > Los Angeles > Young adult fiction.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > History > 20th century > Young adult fiction.
Summary: With the Rodney King riots closing in on high school senior Ashley and her family, the privileged bubble she has enjoyed, protecting her from the difficult realities most black people face, begins to crumble.
Physical Description: 362 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Audience: Ages 14 up.
Grades 10-12.
ISBN: 9781534462724
1534462724
9781534462731
1534462732
Author Notes: Christina Hammonds Reed holds an MFA from the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts. A native of the Los Angeles area, her work has previously appeared in the Santa Monica Review and One Teen Story . Her first novel, The Black Kids , was a New York Times bestseller and William C. Morris Award Finalist.

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