Bibliograph

Who am I without him?, short stories about girls and the boys in their lives, Sharon G. Flake

Type

Label

Who am I without him?, short stories about girls and the boys in their lives, Sharon G. Flake

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Intended audience

650L, LexileDecoding demand: 82 (very high), Semantic demand: 98 (very high), Syntactic demand: 89 (very high), Structure demand: 87 (very high), Lexile

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Who am I without him?

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

707920581

Responsibility statement

Sharon G. Flake

Sub title

short stories about girls and the boys in their lives

Summary

Short stories about teenage love and angst. Taking readers through the minds of girls trying to define themselves while struggling to remain relevant to the boys in their lives, a Coretta Scott King Honor-winning author offers a complex, always on-point exposition of black youth resolving to find self-worth

Table Of Contents

So I ain't no good girl -- Girl, didn't I say I don't write letters? -- The ugly one -- Mookie in love -- Don't be disrespecting me -- I like white boys -- Jacobs's rules -- I know a stupid boy when I see one -- Hunting for boys -- Wanted: a thug -- Not a boy -- A letter to my daughter

Target audience

adolescent

Classification