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Penguin Young Readers Group · Paperback · July 8, 2010
Noah and his friends go to a predominantly all-white neighborhood with a plan: steal a car, sell it to a chop shop, and make some fast cash.
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- Who it’s for
- A stark, fast-moving story that leaves questions of prejudice and belonging unsettled.
- Genres
- Prejudice & Racism for Teens, African American YA, Violence & Trauma
- Published
- Penguin Young Readers Group, July 8, 2010
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Noah and his friends go to a predominantly all-white neighborhood with a plan: steal a car, sell it to a chop shop, and make some fast cash. But that never happens. Instead, Noah, a teen father, becomes the victim of a vicious beating that leaves him with a fractured skull. The question is, was the attacker protecting his turf, or did he target Noah just because he's black?
Unsettled Questions
A stark, fast-moving story that leaves questions of prejudice and belonging unsettled.
Come here for
- A tense look at race, violence, and the cost of being misread
- The uneasy question of who gets to feel at home
Expect
- Hard choices without easy moral distance
- Violence and racial tension at the center
Where it sits
| Prejudice & Racism for Teens | 63% |
|---|---|
| Violence & Trauma | 56% |
| African American YA | 37% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- YA Crime & Law
- City Life for Teens
- African American YA
- Authors
- Paul Volponi
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- Published
- July 8, 2010
- Format
- Paperback
- Reading lane
- YA Crime & Law