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Hip Hop High School
ISBN-13: 9781423106449
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 when he's a certified local hero?
With her parents and her teachers always on her case, and her best friend pregnant and dropped out of school, Theresa turns to hip-hop for comfort. Her favorite singers seem to understand her when no one else does. Everything changes when a new man comes into Theresa's life: Devon, whose tough-guy reputation conceals a blazing ambition for academic success.
Devon helps Theresa face up to her own talent and ambition, and together they set off on a three-year quest to beat the SAT and get into top colleges. But then Devon gets shot in a street fight, leaving Theresa with two piles of unfinished college applications -- her own and Dev's -- and time running out...
Target age group 15 and up
With her parents and her teachers always on her case, and her best friend pregnant and dropped out of school, Theresa turns to hip-hop for comfort. Her favorite singers seem to understand her when no one else does. Everything changes when a new man comes into Theresa's life: Devon, whose tough-guy reputation conceals a blazing ambition for academic success.
Devon helps Theresa face up to her own talent and ambition, and together they set off on a three-year quest to beat the SAT and get into top colleges. But then Devon gets shot in a street fight, leaving Theresa with two piles of unfinished college applications -- her own and Dev's -- and time running out...
Target age group 15 and up
- CategoryYoung Adult Fiction
- Age Group15 and UP
- Grade Level9+
- LanguageEnglish
- BindingPaperback
- Theme 1Social, Personal & Family Topics
- Theme 2School Stories
- Detailed (BISAC) Subject/ThemeSelf-Esteem & Self-Reliance
- Awards
- AuthorSitomer, Alan Lawrence
- Lexile Level720 HL
- AR Level4.7
- DeweyFiction
- PublisherLittle Brown and Company
- Publication Date3/20/2007
- Pages400
- Dimensions1.0 H × 8.25 L × 5.5 W
- Case Qty24
