Kendra
High schooler Kendra longs to live with her mother who, unprepared for motherhood at age fourteen, left Kendra in the care of her grandmother.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 15
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 770
subjects: mother-daughter relationship, family life, teenage mothers, african americans [X], family, new york (n.y.), dysfunctional families, mothers and daughters [X], family problems [X], families, electronic books, electronic books
Revenge Of A Not-so-pretty Girl
Fourteen-year-old Faye, an African American living in 1984 Brooklyn, New York, copes with her mother's abuse by stealing with her friends, but when robbing an elderly woman almost turns to murder, she gains an opportunity to learn new truths about life.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 11
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 800
subjects: mothers and daughters [X], conduct of life, old age, family problems [X], african americans [X], brooklyn (new york, n.y.), catholic schools, dysfunctional families, school stories