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Big City Cool: Short Stories About Urban Youth
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3.1 out of 5
Based on 15 Ratings and 4 Reviews

Book Description
In these fourteen authentic short stories, young people growing up in Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, D.C., New York, and elsewhere contend with city realities: a former child-star must resist her mother's dreams of Hollywood to pursue her own interest in archaeology; in a Baltimore courtroom, a boy testifies against a drug dealer who, if freed, will surely want revenge; a block party in Harlem ... More
Book Information
PublisherDemco Media
BindingTurtleback (4 editions)
Reading LevelYoung Adults
# of Pages182
ISBN-100606260315
ISBN-13978-0606260312
Publication Date12/2002
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About M. Jerry Weiss (Author) : M. Jerry Weiss is a published author and an editor of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of M. Jerry Weiss include Dreams and Visions: Fourteen Flights of Fantasy, B... more
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