Search Results: Returned 10 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 10
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2022., Adolescent, Feiwel and Friends Call No: YOUNG ADULT FIC GOO Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: After her sister is killed by an off-duty police officer, Beau finds herself in way over her head while searching for a witness--and the truth--and must decide how much she is willing to risk to clear her sister's name.
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1991., Vintage Books Call No: Teen Fiction Edition: 1st Vintage Contemp Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: (Ethnic Diversity).
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1998, A.A. Knopf Distributed by Random House Call No: 813 .54 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A young girl living in a Hispanic neighborhood in Chicago ponders the advantages and disadvantages of her environment and evaluates her relationships with family and friends.
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1994., Distributed by Random House, : Distributed by Random House Call No: REALISTIC F CIS Edition: 1st hardcover ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)
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p2005., Random House Audiobooks Call No: RB FIC HOU Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: For Esperanza, a young girl growing up in the Hispanic quarter of Chicago, life is an endless landscape of concrete and run-down tenements, and she tries to rise above the hopelessness.
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1991, c1984., Vintage Contemporaries Call No: 813 .54 Edition: 1st Vintage Contemp Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: A young girl living in a Hispanic neighborhood in Chicago ponders the advantages and disadvantages of her environment and evaluates her relationships with family and friends.
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Ã2017., Adolescent, HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: YOUNG ADULT Edition: 1st pbk. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "A...coming-of-age story about a girl whose encounters with loss, broken friendships, and newfound faith leave her forever changed"--Amazon.com.
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1998, c1997., Anchor Books Call No: REALISTIC F TRI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Even though her family has been chosen to "move on up" to Lakeland, an upscale part of Chicago for professional blacks, 11-year-old Tempestt Saville is drawn to the world outside the fence, populated by colorful, often dangerous, characters.
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By Henry, Katie[2021]., Adolescent, Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: TEEN FIC HEN Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Sixteen-year-old Izzy is used to keeping her thoughts to herself, in school and at home. When she mistakenly walks into a stand-up comedy club and performs, the experience is surprisingly cathartic. After the show, she meets Mo, an aspiring comic who is everything Izzy's not: bold, confident, comfortable in her skin. Mo invites Izzy to join her group of friends and introduces her to the Chicago open mic scene. The only problem? Her new friends are college students, and Izzy tells them she is one, too. Now Izzy, the dutiful daughter and model student, is sneaking out to perform stand-up with her comedy friends. Her controlling boyfriend is getting suspicious, and her former best friend is suspicious. But Izzy loves comedy and this newfound freedom. As her two parallel lives collide, in the most hilarious of ways, Izzy must choose to either hide what she really wants and who she really is, or finally, truly stand up for herself"--OCLC.
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By Henry, Katie[2021]., Adolescent, Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: YOUNG ADULT Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Sixteen-year-old Izzy is used to keeping her thoughts to herself, in school and at home. When she mistakenly walks into a stand-up comedy club and performs, the experience is surprisingly cathartic. After the show, she meets Mo, an aspiring comic who is everything Izzy's not: bold, confident, comfortable in her skin. Mo invites Izzy to join her group of friends and introduces her to the Chicago open mic scene. The only problem? Her new friends are college students, and Izzy tells them she is one, too. Now Izzy, the dutiful daughter and model student, is sneaking out to perform stand-up with her comedy friends. Her controlling boyfriend is getting suspicious, and her former best friend is suspicious. But Izzy loves comedy and this newfound freedom. As her two parallel lives collide, in the most hilarious of ways, Izzy must choose to either hide what she really wants and who she really is, or finally, truly stand up for herself"--OCLC.
