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We're reading " The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton
The Outsiders is the story of the orphaned Curtis brothers. They belong to a gang of East Side Greasers, and the novel focuses on their struggle to stay together as a family in the face economic hardship and violent conflict with a rival gang, the wealthy West Side Socials. Hinton's novel paved the way for frank discussion of gang violence in later Young Adult novels, including Robert Cormier's The Chocolate War, Walter Dean Myers's Scorpions, and Victor Martinez's Parrot in the Oven: Mi Vida .
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The Outsiders is the story of the orphaned Curtis brothers. They belong to a gang of East Side Greasers, and the novel focuses on their struggle to stay together as a family in the face economic hardship and violent conflict with a rival gang, the wealthy West Side Socials. Hinton's novel paved the way for frank discussion of gang violence in later Young Adult novels, including Robert Cormier's The Chocolate War, Walter Dean Myers's Scorpions, and Victor Martinez's Parrot in the Oven: Mi Vida .
Reference: http://www.shmoop.com/the-outsiders/
We're reading "We Beat the Street"
Sampson, George, and Rameck could easily have followed their childhood friends into drug dealing, gangs, and prison. They came from the tough neighborhoods of Newark, New Jersey, where survival, not schoolwork, was the priority. When the three boys met in high school, they recognized in each other the desire and ability to "beat the street." They made a friendship pact, deciding together to take on the biggest challenges of their lives: going to college, then medical school.
Reference: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/we-beat-the-street-sampson-davis/1102499895
Sampson, George, and Rameck could easily have followed their childhood friends into drug dealing, gangs, and prison. They came from the tough neighborhoods of Newark, New Jersey, where survival, not schoolwork, was the priority. When the three boys met in high school, they recognized in each other the desire and ability to "beat the street." They made a friendship pact, deciding together to take on the biggest challenges of their lives: going to college, then medical school.
Reference: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/we-beat-the-street-sampson-davis/1102499895
We're Reading "Holes" by Louis Sachar
The book tells the tale of Stanley Yelnats, a mousy kid whose family is suffering a curse put on them over a hundred years ago by a one-legged gypsy woman. We follow Stanley as he enters a juvenile detention facility called Camp Green Lake, and we watch as he goes from dull to dynamite, overcoming all kinds of seemingly insurmountable obstacles in his path. Along the way we get buried treasure, deadly venomous lizards, an outlaw named Kissin' Kate Barlow, and some really stinky sneakers.
Reference: http://www.shmoop.com/holes/
The book tells the tale of Stanley Yelnats, a mousy kid whose family is suffering a curse put on them over a hundred years ago by a one-legged gypsy woman. We follow Stanley as he enters a juvenile detention facility called Camp Green Lake, and we watch as he goes from dull to dynamite, overcoming all kinds of seemingly insurmountable obstacles in his path. Along the way we get buried treasure, deadly venomous lizards, an outlaw named Kissin' Kate Barlow, and some really stinky sneakers.
Reference: http://www.shmoop.com/holes/