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Hip-Hop High School
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 trying. How can a girl compete against the family favorite, especially w...more
Paperback, 368 pages
Published
April 1st 2007
by Jump At The Sun
(first published January 1st 2006)
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I ordered this book for my 7th grade students; I wanted to include it in the SSR cart based on a few reviews I had seen. A few months ago, one of my students told me that "it was good" and I didn't push her to go into depth on that stirring review.
Recently I picked this up to read during our morning SSR, and initially I was turned off by the hip-hop slang/dialect. It seemed unnecessary and exaggerated, but it grew more fitting as the story played out and as the main character, Teresa Anderson (...more
Recently I picked this up to read during our morning SSR, and initially I was turned off by the hip-hop slang/dialect. It seemed unnecessary and exaggerated, but it grew more fitting as the story played out and as the main character, Teresa Anderson (...more
Hip Hop High School
Sitomer, Alan Lawrence was the author of this book and this book who’d be suitable for older kids like 14-17 and adults. The plot is the kid named Alex goes the this school and he is a honored student and has a difficult time going through it because he cheat his way in to the honored student list. In 8th grade and now he regrets it his best friends name is ceesaw. The plot is Alex has to get through high school and still stay in the honor class. There are a lot of characters...more
Sitomer, Alan Lawrence was the author of this book and this book who’d be suitable for older kids like 14-17 and adults. The plot is the kid named Alex goes the this school and he is a honored student and has a difficult time going through it because he cheat his way in to the honored student list. In 8th grade and now he regrets it his best friends name is ceesaw. The plot is Alex has to get through high school and still stay in the honor class. There are a lot of characters...more
This was pretty disappointing. I really loved Homeboyz and expected this to be similar and even though it was kind of similar, the things that made that book so charismatic were totally missing in this one. I don't understand where the title came from. There mentions of hip hop throughout the book but it's hardly a theme so I don't know why it's called what it is. I didn't really care that much for Theresa "Tee-Ay" Anderson. She's kind of bratty, not very focused, and I didn't quite understand h...more
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This book really catches a person's attention. The author wrote an amazing book. I read "Homeboyz" and that book was quite magnificent itself. It relates to Hip-Hop High School. A young girl who wants to prove to everyone that she's better than what people expect her to be and that she's not just another girl on the streets. She tries her best to pass the S.A.T. She finds a young man who is willing to do the same as well. The only problem blocking her goal is the example her brother Andre puts o...more
This author must be a fantastic teacher. Hip-High School is the perfect book for reluctant high school readers. The chapters are short and focused to allow students to feel the accomplishment of finishing, the situations are things that students have likely experienced, and the language reflects that of many of today's high school students. In addition to a realistic yet inspiring plot, Sitomer's use of SAT words, descriptions of SAT strategies, and overview of the college admissions process wer...more
this book shows a side of black african american girls dat grew up in the black communities going through life and working hard. its also intresting cause it says every thing you imagine teens doing and saying in high school. thresa aka tee-ay goes through friendships and starts doing pretty well in school then she hits it off by getting great scores on the sats. devon her new crush who is totaly brillent and cool helps her get into the number one collages in the united states. her family expect...more
Patricia Turner
November 23,2011
Hip-Hop-High School
The protagonist’s of this book is very important through out the whole book. Staring Theresa , her family , and her best friend Cee saw, boy Devon. They are so important because a lot of things rely on them. Also they go through a journey because life Isn’t what it seems. And things just happens when it happens .And your about to see the roller coaster ride they go through .
There isn’t really a antagonist in this book but there is some nature.Li...more
November 23,2011
Hip-Hop-High School
The protagonist’s of this book is very important through out the whole book. Staring Theresa , her family , and her best friend Cee saw, boy Devon. They are so important because a lot of things rely on them. Also they go through a journey because life Isn’t what it seems. And things just happens when it happens .And your about to see the roller coaster ride they go through .
There isn’t really a antagonist in this book but there is some nature.Li...more
Hip Hip High School is a spin-off of Alan Lawrence Sitomer’s Hoopster. In this book, Sitomer centers around the life of a minor character from Hoopster, Theresa Anderson, known to her friends as Tee-Ay.
Tee lives in a bad neighborhood populated by a majority of African American community. Her parents judge her and don’t understand her, and in a world that expects her to fail in life, Tee turns to comfort in Rap music. The music seems to understand her and helps her in life as she deals with the...more
Tee lives in a bad neighborhood populated by a majority of African American community. Her parents judge her and don’t understand her, and in a world that expects her to fail in life, Tee turns to comfort in Rap music. The music seems to understand her and helps her in life as she deals with the...more
I want to love these books... but they feel cliched and melodramatic... I have no doubt that students will enjoy parts of this book, but other parts feel preachy and like the author is talking directly to the reader... soapboxy... I am also troubled by what amounts at times to gratuitious content like use of the word "ti**y" in a internal monologue...
Plus there are things that just don't make sense. Characters change motivations and personalities to fit the story not with any sense of developmen...more
Plus there are things that just don't make sense. Characters change motivations and personalities to fit the story not with any sense of developmen...more
Oct 09, 2009
Makayla Head
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This book is very good because it tells you words that iks very good to use on the S.A.T.'s for example contenplate it means "to think really hardvabout something and it tells you number one schools you can go to after high school so that can grow to be successful in life.
The girl Tee-Ay told me about her life and how she use to argue with her mom but her mother said all of this will end-up with you saying thank you to me because i tell you all the time im bugging you to take extra curricular cl...more
The girl Tee-Ay told me about her life and how she use to argue with her mom but her mother said all of this will end-up with you saying thank you to me because i tell you all the time im bugging you to take extra curricular cl...more
May 05, 2008
Jennifer Wardrip
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Reviewed by Sally Kruger, aka "Readingjunky" for TeensReadToo.com
Meet Theresa Anderson, known to her friends as Tee-Ay. Alan Lawrence Sitomer has captured Tee-Ay's struggle to survive high school and make it to college, and at the same time deal with some serious issues -- drive-by shootings, discrimination, and poverty. HIP-HOP HIGH SCHOOL presents big-city teens with big-city problems in a realistic, yet positive and inspiring story.
As a sophomore, Tee-Ay is finding it difficult to measure up...more
Meet Theresa Anderson, known to her friends as Tee-Ay. Alan Lawrence Sitomer has captured Tee-Ay's struggle to survive high school and make it to college, and at the same time deal with some serious issues -- drive-by shootings, discrimination, and poverty. HIP-HOP HIGH SCHOOL presents big-city teens with big-city problems in a realistic, yet positive and inspiring story.
As a sophomore, Tee-Ay is finding it difficult to measure up...more
Apr 28, 2010
Ladyriah Bell
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i have noticed that the character in my story is often doing what her friends do. here is an example from the text.
"Wuzzup wit' dat? it makes me sound cool. Actually me it makes me fit in. And fitting in around here is huge"
she just wants to fit in with how the school is because she doesn't want to be considered uncool. What she needs to do is work on becoming here own person, and to grow as a person. She shouldn't have to impress other people, she should only try to impress herself.
"Wuzzup wit' dat? it makes me sound cool. Actually me it makes me fit in. And fitting in around here is huge"
she just wants to fit in with how the school is because she doesn't want to be considered uncool. What she needs to do is work on becoming here own person, and to grow as a person. She shouldn't have to impress other people, she should only try to impress herself.
Better than I thought it would be. I would definitely recommend it to my students.
It is an uplifting book about a girl growing up in an urban school with a hip hop gangsta culture and wanting more and realizing that the culture doesn't have to hold you back and it is up to individual choices whether you make it or not.
I really loved the dynamic of friendship in the book. It really explored who are the true friends and who will drag you down.
It is an uplifting book about a girl growing up in an urban school with a hip hop gangsta culture and wanting more and realizing that the culture doesn't have to hold you back and it is up to individual choices whether you make it or not.
I really loved the dynamic of friendship in the book. It really explored who are the true friends and who will drag you down.
"Hip-Hop High School" is about a girl name Thresa Anderson who is a
honor student and trying to get in USC(University South California)the
college of her dreams. But before she got invited to USC,her
bestfriend Cee-Saw got pregnant by a football player name Rickee and
kept the baby few months later. Devon and Thresa were study buddies to
get a good score on their SAT. Devon got shot later trying to take
another SAT test. Thresa help him filled out his college application
and filled her's out too...more
honor student and trying to get in USC(University South California)the
college of her dreams. But before she got invited to USC,her
bestfriend Cee-Saw got pregnant by a football player name Rickee and
kept the baby few months later. Devon and Thresa were study buddies to
get a good score on their SAT. Devon got shot later trying to take
another SAT test. Thresa help him filled out his college application
and filled her's out too...more
This is a ridiculously honest and charged book. As the main character fights her way through high school and out of her neighborhood, the reader really steps into the life and understands what is going on. The major points in this book are things that I didn't learn until college sociology classes but many high schoolers would benefit from reading it. There is a bit of an agenda, but I got so caught up in the story, I didn't even care.
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I read the first 40 pages of it and i just realized that the book wasnt for me. I didnt like it because i really couldnt realate to the book, The characters were funny, one thing I didnt like was how it brought up so many characters from the first book that it mixed me up. It had alot to do with slang and stuff when it came to the main character and at times in the book I had to stop and think about what they meant.
I really enjoyed reading this book, and I know that I have said this about alot of books. But in my point of view this girl Tee-ay is going through livin high shcool getting college planned and thats what I am trying to do. It also helps me with SATs because it has alot of those words in it. Plus the plot with the whole in the hood, bad kids capping eachother and low expectations becasue of race really captivates my mind sometimes.
Ok, Josh brought this home and I pre-read it for him. It is in my opinion that this be read by 9th-up. A lot of sexual dialog and kids with no morals. The main character and Devon are two characters that are pretty smart and make their way through the years without getting into too much trouble and apply to colleges. I just don't think we should approve of it being ok to have sex in high school with whoever.
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS I'VE READ...I can totally relate....If you're a hish school students I highly recommend that you read it. Hip Hop High school is the story of everyday teenages in a low class high school, where grades don't matter to students and popularity is evrything. From this book, I've learned from this book is, it doesn't matter where you come from but where you WANT to go.
Meet Theresa Anderson, known to her friends as Tee-Ay. Alan Lawrence Sitomer has captured Tee-Ay's struggle to survive high school and make it to college, and at the same time deal with some serious issues -- drive-by shootings, discrimination, and poverty. HIP-HOP HIGH SCHOOL presents big-city teens with big-city problems in a realistic, yet positive and inspiring story.
I was really inspired by how she made her brother proud of her in the end, inspite of their relationship. I see few books about that, I am glad to find a book about that.I have a big brother just like the character in this book and I think the author did a wonderful job of putting her together. All younger sisters should read this book because it really open your eyes to the real life struggles that many of them face. The story line was awsome. I completely argee with the aurthors point of view....more
Apr 17, 2013
Sarah Mock
marked it as to-read
Theresa Anderson is too smart-mouthed, too book smart and too street smart for her own good. But with the example of her super-achieving older brother towering above her, how can a girl compete against the family favorite? Theresa turns to hip-hop for comfort. Her favorite singers seem to understand her when no one else does.
this book is full of drama and in this life you ether fit in or you dont. i really enjoyed this book i got alot from it. im not a big reader and i did like this book so i would want people to check it out. i also think the author alan sitomer is one of the best authors cause all of his books are what really happen in the world around us.
great book. i would have liked to have read this in high school. the whole book is just so real and so true. the teacher mr. wardin reminded me of my most favorite teacher.. (which was pretty much disliked by everyone else) he was in fact one of those TRUE teachers that are so hard to comeby nowadays. a really good read!
this book is amazing so far it's about a girl Telling s about the way her school and how the kids do not talk normal she say's it's like there own slang there stile and she loves her school and all of the kids are fun and there all got there own custom names like instead of theresa so instead of that they call her tee-ay and her Constancy Eliona Sawyer so they call her cee-saw those are some funny names
there this girl named Theresa Anderson and she is a very fun character like shes very outgoing and always wants to do something. so she has a friend named cee-saw(nick name) and she got pregnant and she dropped out of school. i think that the story is very interesting and there friend ship is very loyal. i think that the Aurthur put details for the person that's reading the book to understand it.
This book taught me that if you have the right input and mind set you can get what you want. Theresa lived in a bad neighboorhood and went to a bad school, knowing that she still tried hard to get into a good college and get a good grade on her S.A.T
i thought hip hop high school was a good book about a girl going through her years of high school. She goes through things like a regular teen. from her bestfriend getting pregnant to having to deal with her mom it is a lot of tribulations in here life.
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“Cashier: Yes, can I help you?
Tee-Ay: Yeah, I need a rattle.
Cashier: Aisle eight.
Tee-Ay: I'm looking for the kind that'll give a fatherless black baby a future, you got any of those?
Cashier: Girl, if we sold those, do you think I'd be workin' here?”
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Tee-Ay: Yeah, I need a rattle.
Cashier: Aisle eight.
Tee-Ay: I'm looking for the kind that'll give a fatherless black baby a future, you got any of those?
Cashier: Girl, if we sold those, do you think I'd be workin' here?”
“Put it on channel eight- I wanna watch ESPN!"
Shove it up your a** with a flaming hot jalepeno pepper, Teddy!”
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