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Standing against the wind
Title:
Standing against the wind
Summary:
"Patrice Williams was happy living in Georgia with her grandmother, who called her 'cocoa grandbaby.' Then her mother lured her to Chicago and ended up in jail. Now Patrice lives with her Auntie Mae, and her new nickname is 'Puffy' - thanks to her giant poof of hair. But Patrice's hair isn't the only reason she sticks out: she cares about her grades and strives for the best. That's why Monty Freeman, another eighth grader who lives in the building, asks Patrice to tutor his little brother. Even though Monty's friends make Patrice uneasy, Monty himself is friendly, confident, and surprisingly smart. When he becomes her guardian angel, Patrice begins to think something stronger than friendship might be growing between them. Still, nothing will stop her from applying for a scholarship at prestigious Dogwood Academy - her ticket out of the project and a school populated by gangs and drug runners."-- Amazon.com.
Audience:
780 Lexile.
Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
184 pages ; 22 cm
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning MG+ 4.8 6.
Publisher:
Farrar Straus and Giroux,
Publication Date:
2006
ISBN:
9780374371746

9781428738102

9780312622930
Publication Information:
New York : Farrar Straus and Giroux, 2006.
Award Note:
John Steptoe Award for New Talent, author, 2007.

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2007.
Call Number:
YA JONES
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