The Black kids /

Hammonds Reed, Christina.

The Black kids / Christina Hammonds Reed. - 1st Simon & Schuster BFYR pbk. ed. - New York : Simon & Schuster BFYR, 2022. �2020 - 362 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

"Ages 14 up"--Back cover.

School Library Journal starred, July 2020 Booklist starred, September 2020 Pub Weekly, August 2020 Kirkus Review, July 2020

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.

Young Adult Follett Content Solutions. HL830 Lexile.

9781534462731


Race relations--Juvenile fiction.
African Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Rodney King Riots, Los Angeles, Calif., 1992--Juvenile fiction.
Families--California--Los Angeles--Juvenile fiction.
High schools--Juvenile fiction.
Schools--Juvenile fiction.
Race relations--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Rodney King Riots, Los Angeles, Calif., 1992--Fiction.
Family life--California--Los Angeles--Fiction.
High schools--Fiction.
Schools--Fiction.


Los Angeles (Calif.)--History--20th century--Juvenile fiction.
Los Angeles (Calif.)--History--20th century--Fiction.


School fiction.
Social problem fiction.

PZ7.1.R4277 / Bl 2022

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