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008 210806s2020 nyu d 000 1 eng d
020 $a9781534462724 (hbk.) :$cUSD18.99
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$dDLC$dTWTNM
082 04$a813.6$223
100 1 $aHammonds Reed, Christina.
245 14$aThe Black kids /$cChristina Hammonds Reed.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bSimon & Schuster BFYR,$cc2020.
300 $a362 p. ;$c22 cm.
520 $aWith the Rodney King riots closing in on high school senior Ashley and her family, the privileged bubble she has enjoyed, protecting her from the difficult realities most black people face, begins to crumble.
520 $a"Los Angeles, 1992. It's the end of senior year and Ashley Bennett and her friends are spending more time at the beach than in the classroom. When four LAPD officers are acquitted after beating a black man named Rodney King halfto death, violent protests engulf LA and the city burns. Ashley tries to continue on as if life were normal; her self-destructive sister gets dangerously involved in the riots. The model black family façade her wealthy and prominent parents built starts to crumble. Her friends arespreading a rumor that could completely derail the future of her classmate and fellow black kid, LaShawn Johnson. Ashley is left to question who is the us? And who is the them?"--adapted from jacket.
521 1 $a14-
650 0$aHigh school students$vFiction.
650 0$aRace relations$vJuvenile fiction.