JOSEPH by Shelia P. Moses
Posted by Daniel on September 28, 2009 · Leave a Comment
For Joseph Flood, life is tough. Tough because of Mama’s addiction to drugs and alcohol. Tough because daddy is away with the army fighting in Iraq. Tough because it looks like there’s no way out once you’re living in a homeless shelter in a North Carolina ghetto neighborhood. And tough because Joseph in enrolled in [...]
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TYRELL by Coe Booth
Posted by Daniel on August 10, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Tyrell can’t get a break. His dad’s in jail, his mom’s no help, his brother’s just a kid, and his girlfriend, Novisha, wants more than he can give. He’s living in a shelter, but he doesn’t want to be there long.
So he comes up with a plan. It could save him. Or it could [...]
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