When you look like us
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Copies
Location | Call Number | Status |
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Marshall-Lyon County Library - Teen Fiction | HARRIS | On Shelf |
Morgan Public Library - Young Adult | YA HARRIS | On Shelf |
Subjects
LC Subjects
African American families -- Fiction.
African American families -- Juvenile fiction.
African American teenagers -- Fiction.
African American teenagers -- Juvenile fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Families -- Fiction.
Families -- Juvenile fiction.
Missing persons -- Juvenile fiction.
Racism -- Virginia -- Fiction.
Racism -- Virginia -- Juvenile fiction.
Siblings -- Juvenile fiction.
Women, Black -- Crimes against -- Fiction.
Women, Black -- Crimes against -- Juvenile fiction.
African American families -- Juvenile fiction.
African American teenagers -- Fiction.
African American teenagers -- Juvenile fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Families -- Fiction.
Families -- Juvenile fiction.
Missing persons -- Juvenile fiction.
Racism -- Virginia -- Fiction.
Racism -- Virginia -- Juvenile fiction.
Siblings -- Juvenile fiction.
Women, Black -- Crimes against -- Fiction.
Women, Black -- Crimes against -- Juvenile fiction.
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Format
Book
Physical Desc
356 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 4.6, 12 Points
Level 4.6, 12 Points
Notes
Description
When you look like us-brown skin, brown eyes, black braids or fades-everyone else thinks you're trouble. No one even blinks twice over a missing black girl from public housing because she must've brought whatever happened to her upon herself. I, Jay Murphy, can admit that, for a minute, I thought my sister Nicole just got caught up with her boyfriend-a drug dealer-and his friends. But she's been gone too long. Nic, where are you? If I hadn't hung up on her that night, she would be at our house, spending time with Grandma. If I was a better brother, she'd be finishing senior year instead of being another name on a missing persons list. It's time to step up, to do what the Newport News police department won't. Bring her home --,Publisher's description.
Target Audience
Ages 14-up.
Target Audience
12 years and up.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,UG,4.6,12,511862.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Harris, P. N. (2021). When you look like us (First edition.). Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Harris, Pamela N.. 2021. When You Look Like Us. Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Harris, Pamela N.. When You Look Like Us Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Harris, Pamela N.. When You Look Like Us First edition., Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2021.
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