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Popular Paperbacks: Hard Knock Life

Alexie, Sherman. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Off the rez, the only other Indian is the school mascot. (YA Fic  Alexie)

Beah, Ishmael. Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
Orphaned, addicted to cocaine, and experienced with an AK-47, all by the age of thirteen. (921 B3594AAl)

Booth, Coe. Tyrell
Being a man is hard when you’re only fifteen. (YA Fic  Booth)

Buckhanon, Kalisha. Upstate
Can first love survive a prison sentence. (Fic  Buckhanon)

Deuker, Carl.  RUNNER
Running to keep your life afloat.

Hopkins, Ellen. Impulse
Death, drugs, and sex in a mental institution. (YA Fic  Hopkins)

Inoue, Takehiko.  REAL, Vol. 1.
Deal with pain and loss through wheelchair basketball.

Jaramillo, Ann. La Linea
Brother and sister, crossing to the U.S., no matter what it takes. (YA Fic  Jaramillo)

Jordan, Dream.  HOT GIRL
Foster kid Kate, bad girl Naleejah.

Lowell, Pamela. Returnable Girl
She wishes there was a "No Returns" policy on kids. (YA Fic  Lowell)

McCormick, Patricia. Sold
Forced into prostitution by her own family. (YA Fic  McCormick)

Myers, Walter Dean. Street Love
Hard-knock girl meets well-off boy. (YA Fic  Myers)

Pelzer, Dave. A Child Called "It."
Real life, real abuse. (362.76 P369c)

Sapphire. Push
Precious: her father’s baby, her mother’s abuse, her own voice. (Fic  Sapphire)

Scott, Elizabeth. Living Dead Girl
Abducted into five years of sexual abuse. (YA Fic  Scott)

Shakur, Tupac. The Rose that Grew From Concrete
Life, love, justice, and the streets, in Tupac Shakur’s words. (811.54 Sh15r)

Sister Souljah. The Coldest Winter Ever
The streets are cold when you hit bottom. (Fic  Souljah)

Strasser, Todd. Can't Get There From Here
Nine homeless teens, maybe one can get somewhere. (YA Fic  Strasser)

Van Draanen, Wendelin. Runaway
Nowhere's safe for a runaway. (YA Fic  Van Draanen)

Volponi, Paul.  HURRICANE SONG
Tough boy, tough life, tough hurricane

Werlin, Nancy. The Rules of Survival
Protecting his kid sisters from the rages of their mother. (YA Fic  Werlin)

10/6/10
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