Read-a-Likes
Tears of a Tiger by Sharon Draper (YA FIC DRA)
Looking for the "Tears of a Tiger" books by Sharon Draper? Or looking for something to read after the series is over? Why not try some of these realistic read-a-likes?
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Autobiography of My Dead Brother by Walter Dean Myers
YA FIC MYE
Jesse's best friend, Rise, had always been the older cooler one. They made a blood-brother pact as kids and have stuck to it all their lives. Until Rise starts to hang with a different crowd, one into drugs and being cool. Can Jesse find his brother once again?
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Begging for Change by Sharon Flake
YA FIC FLA
Would *you* be all right if your mother got hit in the head with a pipe and your father was as high as a kite? Raspberry Hill isn't. She's struggling to live on the streets with her mother in the hospital and her father all drugged up. But should she really be stealing from her friends?
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The First Part Last by Angela Johnson
YA FIC JOH
Sixteen-year-old Bobby is raising baby Feather on his own. His parents are supportive, his friends don't understand and Nia -- Feather's mom -- isn't around. And Bobby is trying to hande all of the responsibility.
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I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This by Jacqueline Woodson
YA FIC WOO
Two girls: one white, one black; one abused, one protected; both missing their mothers. Marie and Lena form an unlikely friendship and together both of their lives are forever changed.
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Rucker Park Setup by Paul Volponi
YA FIC VOL
Best friends Mackey and J.R. have waited their whole lives to win the big basketball tournament at Rucker Park. But on the day of their big game, J.R. is fatally stabbed and it's Mackey's fault...
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Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson
YA FIC AND
Tyler was a socially invisible nerd before he sprayed some attention-getting grafitti and became a legend. After spending the summer working off his sentence, Tyler enters the school year determined to have the best year ever. Will he crack under the pressure?
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