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Sweet Thang
Average rating
4.3 out of 5
Based on 23 Ratings and 13 Reviews

Book Description
Growing up in Philadelphia in 1975, 14-year-old Charmaine Upshaw is obsessed with justice. Unfortunately, she gets none of it in her life: not from her parents, who make her share a room with her tap-dancing brother Leo; not at school, where light-skinned, Barbie-doll-haired Dinah Coverdale steals all the boys' attention and makes sure dark-skinned Charmaine knows it; and certainly not from Tracy ... More
Book Information
PublisherDelacorte Press Books for Young Readers
BindingHardcover (6 editions)
Reading LevelAges 9-12
# of Pages160
ISBN-100385732929
ISBN-13978-0385732925
Publication Date03/28/2006
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About Allison Whittenberg (Author) : Allison Whittenberg is a published author of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Allison Whittenberg include Life Is Fine, Sweet Thang.
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5/21/2008 Carla Sarratt tagged as: I recommend, I read

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