Urban

One Mic: A Lyrics on Lockdown Anthology
Lauren Billie; Danielle Laura, and Ella Turenne
Andre Maurice Press

Love, death, and lockdown. Poems by Rikers inmates.
Kendra
Coe Booth
Push

Kendra’s always been a good girl. She’s not going to be like her mom and get pregnant at fourteen. But it’s hard to be good when the hottest guy at school wants you to be bad.
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Conception
Kalisha Buckhanon
St. Martin’s

Shivana is fifteen, pregnant, and determined to get out of Chicago to start a better life.
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Bad Girlz 4 Life
Shannon Holmes
Griffin

Tonya Morris is back in the strip clubs. She and her best friend Na’eema create an escort service for rappers, athletes, and other celebrities. Life is good until Tonya’s past comes back to take it all away.
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Hot Girl
Dream Jordan
Griffin

Kate’s becoming fast friends with fly girl Naleejah, but neither girl is telling the whole truth.
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Brooklyn Street Art
Jaime Rojo and Steven P. Harrington
Prestel

Graffiti, sculpture, and stencils. Brooklyn comes to life.
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Midnight: A Gangster Love Story
Sister Souljah
Atria

Before The Coldest Winter Ever, Midnight and his mom moved to Brooklyn from Sudan. Now Midnight struggles to stay true to his Islamic values while he learns to survive the streets.
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True to the Game III
Teri Woods
Grand Central

It’s back to Philly with Gena and Quadir. New dangers—corrupt cops, a killer, and a stalker’threaten Gena—s money and her life.
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After Tupac and D Foster
Jacqueline Woodson
Putnam

Three girls in Queens, bonding over Tupac.
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Tell the World
WritersCorps
HarperTeen

Who we are, where we’re from, what we love. Poems by teens from the Bronx and beyond.
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