Bibliograph

The Black kids, Christina Hammonds Reed

Type

Label

The Black kids, Christina Hammonds Reed

Language

eng

Index

no index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

Ages 14 up, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

resource.interestGradeLevel

Grades 10-12, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Literary Form

novels

Main title

The Black kids

Oclc number

1123182400

Responsibility statement

Christina Hammonds Reed

Summary

With the Rodney King riots closing in on high school senior Ashley and her family, the privileged bubble she has enjoyed, protecting her from the difficult realities most black people face, begins to crumbleLos Angeles, 1992. It's the end of senior year and Ashley Bennett and her friends are spending more time at the beach than in the classroom. When four LAPD officers are acquitted after beating a black man named Rodney King half to death, violent protests engulf LA and the city burns. Ashley tries to continue on as if life were normal; her self-destructive sister gets dangerously involved in the riots. The model black family façade her wealthy and prominent parents built starts to crumble. Her friends are spreading a rumor that could completely derail the future of her classmate and fellow black kid, LaShawn Johnson. Ashley is left to question who is the us? And who is the them? -- adapted from jacket

Target audience

adolescent

Creator