Dirty Jersey
10 best books like Dirty Jersey (Phillip Thomas Duck): Kendra, Shortie Like Mine, Jason & Kyra, Hip-Hop High School, Like Sisters on the Homefront, So Not The Drama, Broken China, Hot Girl, Courtin' Jayd, Shrink to Fit
| Author | Coe Booth |
| ISBN | 0439925363 |
The acclaimed author of TYRELL returns to PUSH with a striking novel about a mother and daughter who are only fourteen years apart, but need to learn to understand each other before it's too late.
Kendra's mom, Renee, had her when she was only 14 years old. Renee and her mom made a deal -- Renee could...
| Author | Ni-Ni Simone |
| ISBN | 0758228392 |
A YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
What happens when the girl everyone least expects gets the guy all the chicks want. . .?
she can rock Apple Bottoms jeans and stilettos like nobody's business, but she's got her share of issues. It's not easy being the thickest one...
| Author | Dana Davidson |
| ISBN | 0786818514 |
Jason is a basketball star and one of the most popular guys in school. Brainy Kyra isn't, but she doesn't much care what other people think. Under normal circumstances, Jason and Kyra would live in their separate worlds until graduation. But fate intervenes, and the unlikely duo is paired up for a class...
Theresa Anderson is every kind of smart: too smart-mouthed for her own good, street smart enough to deal with a neighborhood that gets more dangerous every day, and more book smart than anyone knows. But with the example of her super-achieving older brother towering above her, Theresa hasn't even been...
| Author | Rita Williams-Garcia |
| ISBN | 0140385614 |
When Gayle gets into trouble with her boyfriend, her mother sends the street-smart 14-year-old-and her baby, José, down to Georgia to live with Uncle Luther and his family. There's nothing to do, nowhere to go, and no one around except kneesock-wearing, Jesus-praising cousin Cookie. Then Gayle...
| Author | Paula Chase |
| ISBN | 0758218591 |
In exactly one hour, eighteen minutes, and thirty-five seconds, Mina Mooney will be dipping her pink Nellie timbs into the infamous frosh pit. . .
Hoping Del Rio Bay High will live up to her greatest expectations, Mina has big plans for infiltrating the school's social glitterati. After all,...
| Author | Lori Aurelia Williams |
| ISBN | 1416916180 |
I always did right by Amina even though it was sometimes major difficult to take care of a daughter that I loved with all my heart, but never wanted in the first place.
China Cup Cameron might miss school or fall asleep in class sometimes, but she's trying hard to be a good mother to Amina, her two-year-old...
| Author | Dream Jordan |
| ISBN | 0312382847 |
It’s summertime in Bed-Stuy “Do or Die†Brooklyn, and Kate is feeling down in the dumps. Not only is she tired of her raggedy, tomboy image, but she’s also missing her best friend, Felicia, who’s away for the summer. Lonely and not exactly getting along with her new...
| Author | L. Divine |
| ISBN | 0758225369 |
Rah and Jayd, A new love? But hey Jeremy still loves her and it is obvious. Mickey's unexpected pregnancy and Misty's STD is not a secret anymore.
I can make a text to text connection with this book. In this book and Breaking Dawn by Stephanie. Meyer. Bella and Mickey don't know that they are both pregnant....
| Author | Dona Sarkar |
| ISBN | 0373830955 |
Losing weight is the solution to all basketball-star Leah Mandeville's problems, or so she thinks. Getting superthin will:
a) help her jump shot
b) make her look like America's Next Top Model
c) get the attention of the high school hottie who ignores any girl with a little...
| Author | Earl Sewell |
| ISBN | 0373831161 |
Whoever said "family comes first" never met Keysha's mom, Justine. Fresh out of jail, Justine wants to reconnect with her daughter—despite abandoning her to a father she hardly knew. Keysha is sure Justine's troubled past is going to play havoc with her own present and future. To add more drama to...
| Author | L. Divine |
| ISBN | 0758231059 |
This book waz really good. All bookz that L. Divine write are pretty good. Especially the Drama High Seriez. When i first read it, I thought that it waz going to be boring, due to the fact that it waz dealing with voo doo and thingz like that. But when I read the first chapter of "Courtin' Jayd", i thought "This...
| Author | L. Divine |
| ISBN | 0758231075 |
A YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
South Bay High's Jayd Jackson finally has her own ride, but that sure doesn't mean her troubles are over. . .
These days, Jayd just can't seem to get a break. Her car is more trouble than it's worth; her girl Mickey is being forced to attend...
