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Ebony Joy Wilkins

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I am an educator and writer, currently working on another YA novel. I am also working on a PhD in literacy at University of Illinois-Chicago. When I don't have a book or pen in hand I like to visit family, try new restaurants, and relax on the beach!

ABOUT SELLOUT -NaTasha Jennings doesn’t fit in with the white kids in her small suburban hometown. When she runs into trouble at school she is humiliated, frustrated, and lost. She does the only thing she knows to do…run away and hide. But she escapes to Harlem with her grandmother Tilly and runs right into a whole new set of problems in the big city, where everything is unfamiliar. Tilly decides NaTasha needs to get back to her roots and volunteers her to help at a crisis center for girls in th...more


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Average rating: 3.53 · 77 ratings · 21 reviews · 3 distinct works
Sellout
3.52 of 5 stars 3.52 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions
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Annette Lareau follows twelve families through interviews and observations to highlight how class and race play into the rhythms of family life and the ‘logic of child rearing’ in their homes. Unequal Childhoods is an ethnography that centers on the...more
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The Realm of Possibility by David Levithan
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In Secret Saturdays, debut author and seasoned educator Torrey Maldonado tells the story of two pre-teen boys who try to keep their friendship going amidst school bullying, absent fathers, and troubles at home. Sean and Justin are best friends who su...more
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You Don't Even Know Me by Sharon G. Flake
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“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.”
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“There is no doubt fiction makes a better job of the truth.”
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