Homeboyz
Autor Alan Lawrence Sitomeren Limba Engleză Paperback – sep 2008 – vârsta de la 10 până la 14 ani
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Florida Teens Read (2009)
When
Teddy
Anderson's
little
sister
Tina
is
gunned
down
randomly
in
a
drive-by
shooting,
the
gangstas
who
rule
the
streets
in
the
Anderson
family's
rapidly
deteriorating
neighborhood
dismiss
the
incident
as
just
another
case
of
RP,
RT-wrong
place,
wrong
time.
According
to
gangsta
logic,
Tina
doesn't
even
count
as
a
statistic.
Teddy's family is devastated. Mrs. Anderson sinks into deep depression while Pops struggles to run both the household and his declining laundry business. The Andersons are shocked still further when Teddy is arrested and thrown in prison for attempted homicide after his elaborately laid plans for revenge against his sister's killer are foiled by the cops.
Teddy soon finds himself out of prison on house arrest, and in the capable hands of Officer Mariana Diaz, the smart, tough probation officer assigned to oversee his endless hours of community service. As part of the innovative rehabilitation program Diaz runs, Teddy is assigned to tutor Micah, a twelve-year-old orphan and would-be gansta.
As Teddy goes through the motions of complying with the terms of his probation, Diaz has no idea that he is using his genius-level computer hacker skills to plot his final vengeance and to defraud the state education system of hundreds of thousands of dollars. But even though Teddy thinks he knows it all, he fails to see how Micah's desperate need for love and trust just might have the power not only to pierce all Teddy's defenses, but to save his family.
Teddy's family is devastated. Mrs. Anderson sinks into deep depression while Pops struggles to run both the household and his declining laundry business. The Andersons are shocked still further when Teddy is arrested and thrown in prison for attempted homicide after his elaborately laid plans for revenge against his sister's killer are foiled by the cops.
Teddy soon finds himself out of prison on house arrest, and in the capable hands of Officer Mariana Diaz, the smart, tough probation officer assigned to oversee his endless hours of community service. As part of the innovative rehabilitation program Diaz runs, Teddy is assigned to tutor Micah, a twelve-year-old orphan and would-be gansta.
As Teddy goes through the motions of complying with the terms of his probation, Diaz has no idea that he is using his genius-level computer hacker skills to plot his final vengeance and to defraud the state education system of hundreds of thousands of dollars. But even though Teddy thinks he knows it all, he fails to see how Micah's desperate need for love and trust just might have the power not only to pierce all Teddy's defenses, but to save his family.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781423100317
ISBN-10: 142310031X
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 149 x 213 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: Disney-Hyperion
Colecția Jump At The Sun
ISBN-10: 142310031X
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 149 x 213 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: Disney-Hyperion
Colecția Jump At The Sun
Notă biografică
Alan
Lawrence
Sitomer
is
California's
2007
Teacher
of
the
Year.
In
addition
to
being
an
inner-city
high
school
English
teacher
and
professor
in
the
Graduate
School
of
Education
at
Loyola
Marymount
University,
Mr.
Sitomer
is
a
nationally
renowned
speaker
specializing
in
engaging
reluctant
readers
who
received
the
2004 award for Classroom Excellence from the Southern California Teachers of English and the 2003 Teacher of the Year honor from California Literacy.Homeboyzis the final volume in his young adult trilogy of novels that began withThe HoopsterandHip-Hop High School. Alan is also the author ofHip-Hop
Poetry and The Classics, a text used in classrooms across the United States to engage disengaged students.
2004 award for Classroom Excellence from the Southern California Teachers of English and the 2003 Teacher of the Year honor from California Literacy.Homeboyzis the final volume in his young adult trilogy of novels that began withThe HoopsterandHip-Hop High School. Alan is also the author ofHip-Hop
Poetry and The Classics, a text used in classrooms across the United States to engage disengaged students.
Premii
- Florida Teens Read Nominee, 2009