Jumped In (eBook)

William Kowalski (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
112 Seiten
Orca Book Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4598-1629-9 (ISBN)

Infos

In this work of contemporary fiction, Rasheed tries to escape his rough neighborhood with actions both small and heroic.

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Sixteen-year-old Rasheed is smart, tough and a survivor. In his neighborhood, he has to be. The streets are run by a gang called the E Street Locals, and they've been trying to jump him in since he was a child. So far, he's managed to escape their clutches. But the gang is not his only problem. Rasheed's sister, Daneeka, was paralyzed in a drive-by shooting, and now she's confined to a wheelchair, mentally frozen at the age of nine. His mother is an addict. His father hasn't been heard from in years. High school is no safer than the streets, so Rasheed seeks solace at the local university campus. There he meets a young woman named Lanaia who takes an interest in him. He also bumps up against a police officer who he thinks at first is hassling him just because he's black. But eventually Rasheed realizes that the officer is only pushing him to become a better person. Though he can't escape his home life, or the gang, as easily as he'd like, Rasheed does learn some valuable lessons in his struggles: you and you alone are accountable for the decisions you make in life; even though the world is not a fair place, you can still accomplish whatever you set your mind to; and we all become stronger when we admit we need someone to lean on.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 18.4.2017
• Reihe/Serie: Rapid Reads
• Verlagsort: Victoria
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 120 x 120 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
• Schlagworte: Accountability • action • addiction • adults with low reading level • Adventure • Black lives matter • Disability • Distance Learning • Diverse • Diverse characters • Diversity • Drugs • dysfunctional family • eal • EAL, ELL, English Language Learners, English as a Second Language, English as an Additional Language, ESL, hi/lo, high interest, high/low, Low Readability, Low Reading Level, Reading Strategies, Reluctant Readers, Struggling Readers, short novels, short fiction for adults, fiction for struggling readers, adults with low reading level, simple fiction for adults, easy fiction for adults, black lives matter, gangs, poverty, racism, addiction, violence, education, action, adventure, diverse, diversity, diverse • Education • ELL • English as an additional language • English as a Second Language • English Language Learner • ESL • family issues • fiction for struggling readers • Gang • high interest • high-low • high/low • hi/lo • Hi-Lo • Home learning • Low Readability • Low Reading Level • Poverty • Racism • reading strategy • reluctant reader • short fiction for adults • short novel • simple fiction for adults • struggling readers • Violence
• ISBN-10: 1-4598-1629-3 / 1459816293
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4598-1629-9 / 9781459816299