Coe Booth
1) Bronxwood
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 12
Description
Tyrell's got his hands full with a father who just got out of jail, a little brother stuck in foster care, dealer-roommates who're starting to take bigger and bigger risks, and girls.
2) Tyrell
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 12
Description
Fifteen-year-old Tyrell, who is living in a Bronx homeless shelter with his spaced-out mother and his younger brother, tries to avoid temptation so he does not end up in jail like his father.
3) Caprice
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 8
Description
After a wonderful seven weeks at Ainsley International School, twelve-year-old Caprice has been offered a full scholarship and she should be delighted, but instead she is full of doubts because what happened at the last night dance has brought back the memory of being sexually abused by her uncle as a four-year-old; worse, her maternal grandmother is ill, and that means going back to the house in Baltimore where it all happened--Caprice has never...
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14
Description
A collection of short stories explore what it is like to be young and black, centering on the experiences of black teenagers and emphasizing that one person's experiences, reality, and personal identity are different than someone else.