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Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
An inspiring movie for the whole family that explores the struggles and challenges of a group of inner city kids from a poor neighborhood who bravely take on the undefeated Beverly Hills Junior National Karate Team in the ultimate karate showdown at Nationals.
2) Tight
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
After his quick-tempered father gets in a fight and is sent back to jail, sixth-grader Bryan, known for being quiet and thoughtful, snaps and follows new friend Mike into trouble.
3) Junebug
Author
Series
Publisher
Square Fish
Pub. Date
2009, c1995
Edition
1st Square Fish ed.
Language
English
Description
An inquisitive young boy nicknamed Junebug, who lives with his mother and younger sister in a rough housing project in New Haven, Connecticut, approaches his tenth birthday with a mixture of anticipation and worry.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
This national bestseller chronicles the true story of two brothers coming of age in the Henry Horner public housing complex in Chicago. Lafeyette and Pharoah Rivers are eleven and nine years old when the story begins in the summer of 1987. Living with their mother and six siblings, they struggle against grinding poverty, gun violence, gang influences, overzealous police officers, and overburdened and neglectful bureaucracies.
Immersed
...Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"[Lehane has] emerged from the whodunit ghetto as a broader and more substantial talent....When it comes to keeping readers exactly where he wants them, Mr. Lehane offers a bravura demonstration of how it's done."
-New York Times
Moonlight Mile is the first Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro suspense novel in more than a decade from the acclaimed, New York Times bestselling master of the new noir, Dennis Lehane. An explosive tale of vengeance and...
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Friday. Craig is an alright guy with some crazy friends. Like Smokey who has 24 hours to pay back Deebo, South Central's nastiest thug, or else! Trouble is, neither Craig's mother nor his main squeeze has the bread. As time ticks away, the chance this pair will ever see Saturday is fading fast.
Next Friday. To escape a revenge-seeking Debo, Craig's dad smuggles him out of the hood and into the burbs to stay with his sex-crazed Uncle Elroy and cousin...
9) Goggles!
Author
Series
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
1998, c1969
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Two boys must outsmart the neighborhood bullies before they can enjoy their new treasure, a pair of lensless motorcycle goggles.
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