Today's Book 01/08/2011

• Draper, Sharon M. JUST ANOTHER HERO

  Draper, Sharon M. JUST ANOTHER HERONew York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2009IL YAISBN 1416907009Senior year. The kids have made it this far. Draper brings back characters from her earlier books and ties up the trilogy that includes The Battle of Jericho and November Blues. In this book, Arielle and Kofi are trying to get through senior year. Arielle struggles with an abusive home life that threatens to leave her homeless. Kofi is looking forward to attending MIT in the fall but his addiction to oxycontin threatens all that. Add to that a rash of burglaries in the school and Eddie who is a dangerous kid just released from juvie. This urban fiction is sure to keep you interested.

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