Loading Search

• Buy this Book
• Book Creators
• Related Blog Posts
• Share on Twitter
• Share on Facebook

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

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 is the setting first for a family argument and then for an act of neighborly kindness . . . . These stories of young people of all backgrounds -- from the privileged to the poor, from immigrant to native-born -- beat with the pulse of city life. They neither extol nor condemn but frankly reflect the city's real excitements and perils. For urban teens, these are pages out of daily life. For those who live elsewhere, here is a glimpse into a world so often imagined.

You must be a member of JacketFlap to add a video to this page. Please Log In or Register.