Street Fiction: Urban Fiction Author Interviews, Urban Fiction News, and Urban Fiction Book Reviews
Hip Hop, Street Lit, and Urban Fiction Book Reviews and Author Interviews
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All I can say is that I never thought it would come to this. I never thought I would run away. For some reason I thought you, of all people, would see and know. Sheree has always been a tough girl, able to take care of herself. Then she finds herself in a situation where she can't. She needs … [Read more...]
The Princess of the Fair was supposed to infuse and inspire students. The winner should embody the qualities of Harriet Tubman, the school's namesake. But everyone knew it would turn into a nasty popularity contest where mean girls like Jasmine Benson would stop at nothing to win. Get The Fairest … [Read more...]
Trevor's mother was dead set against Vanessa Allen. Trevor knew the old angry frown would come back quickly if she learned that Trevor had been seeing Vanessa behind her back. Even his brother Tommy thought the high school dropout was bad news. But Trevor was almost a man, and he wasn't listening to … [Read more...]
Accusations fly when a string of thefts hits Tubman High School. Suspicion falls in Sereeta prince, whose family life is unraveling, sending her into a deep depression. Treated like a stranger by her mother, like an enemy by her stepfather, and like a thief by her classmates, she retreats to a place … [Read more...]
Between his father's pessimistic moods and his mother's ""put on a happy face"" attitude Jaris Spain feels trapped. Jaris hides his own darkenss from his parents: How hard he has to work for good grades. How quickly a teacher's pen stroke sends him slipping. How he tries out for every sport at … [Read more...]
Maya Archer is at the wrong place at the wrong time when ""pop, pop, pop"" sounds ring out in front of a popular teen hangout. Is DeWayne Pike the true target? Does he duck before shots ring out as Jacklyn claims? If true, DeWayne is putthing them all at rish, but especially Sereeta, and Jaris Spain … [Read more...]
Chelsa Spain Bridled under her father's harsh rules.But she was growing up too fast. Someone had to rein her in until she had enough sense to handle herself better. Wherever there was the temptation to take a risk, she went for it. Egged on by her immature friends, was it too late to learn that some … [Read more...]
Check it: I'm Zsa-Zsa. Some call me arrogant, but I call it confidence. You decide when you find out what I'm working with. First things first--I'm seventeen, but I'm grown and have been for a long time. I have my own ride, my mama doesn't clock my time, and my boyfriend, Ameen, is getting money … [Read more...]
Fifteen-year-old Gia Stokes knows exactly what she needs to make her life fantabulous: * Get her mother Gwendolyn to let her relax her hair * Find a boy to ask her out * Get on the Hi-Steppers dance squad Gia doesn't have the hair or the clothes, but she's got the moves and the attitude … [Read more...]
Violence runs rampant on the streets of Washington, DC, and on one seemingly quiet day, the Odom family finds its world destroyed when seventeen-year-old Tashera is brutally attacked by a group of high school girls. Retaliation exposes the corrupting existence of violence in our communities and the … [Read more...]
This title will be available Fall 2011. You may place an order and the item will be shipped when it … [Read More...]
Street lit is also known to its enthusiastic readers as "urban fiction," "ghetto lit," "hip-hop … [Read More...]
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