Urban & Street Lit
Recruited
Supplier: Darby Creek (Tm) He's destined for the NFL.Kadeem Jones is a star quarterback for Southside High. He is thrilled when college scouts seek him out. His visit to Teller College is amazing. College cheerleaders pay attention to him. The...
$7.95
Caged Warrior
Supplier: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers A ferocious novel, Caged Warrior is like a great fight movie, a tour-de-force of relentless conflict, but one that is leavened with rich characters and meaningful and loving relationships. McCutcheon Daniels' life is full of...
$8.99
Quicks
Supplier: Cinco Puntos Press D-Bow’s game has it all, and colleges are taking notice. But he’s still rehabbing a knee injury and his job as Marion East point guard is under threat. Plus he’s got family drama. And girl trouble....
$11.95
Next
Supplier: Cinco Puntos Press In Indiana, basketball is the next thing to religion. Especially for inner-city black kids like Derrick Bowen. He's a 6'3" freshman, lightning quick, and he can slam the rock. He wants to start at point guard...
$11.95
Pull
Supplier: Cinco Puntos Press "As a childrens/YA bookseller, I LOVED THIS BOOK. The language, the characters, the basketball—they are all spot on perfect . . . I am so excited about this series."—Cynthia Compton, 4 Kids Books, Zionville, Indiana Junior...
$11.95
Slump
Supplier: Cinco Puntos Press "Waltman's series opener [Next] (first of a planned four) features plenty of basketball action fueled by hoops slang that will set basketball-mad readers right onto the court. . . . The author avoids slam-dunk answers, leaving...
$11.95
Full Impact
Supplier: Darby Creek (Tm) Norval and Arnie are two of the stars on the Southside High football team. They're best friends off the field, too, and they're both hoping to play college ball some day. When Coach Green asks Norval...
$7.95
The Franchise
Supplier: Darby Creek (Tm) Latrell Baker's scientific approach to football—watching football—has finally paid off. Harmon Holt heard about the algorithm he developed for determining best defensive play, and now Latrell's landed himself an internship with the NFL's LA Stars. But...
$7.95
Daughter of the Unknown: A Concrete Princess
Supplier: Concrete Multimedia Group Somewhere on the continent of North America, there lies a mystical world unto itself called...Harlem. Among its diverse and proud people, and amid the hustle and bustle of the city's never-sleeping streets, we find Gloria. In...
$14.99
Stay with Me
Supplier: Speak A heartbreaking urban romance from award-winning author Paul GriffinFifteen-year-olds Cece and Mack didn't expect to fall in love. She's a sensitive A student; he's a high school dropout. But soon they're spending every moment together, bonding over a...
$8.99
Game On
Supplier: Kensington Publishing Corporation "Gritty yet heartwarming." --Kirkus Reviews on Lovers & HatersXavier Hunter hoped his senior year would be bad news-free. His old enemy is finally in lockdown and Xavier is out from under one mad-crazy relationship disaster. And he's cool...
$18.00
Hold Me Down
Supplier: Kensington Publishing Corporation Xavier Hunter's dreams of graduation and college are even more crazy-impossible this sophomore year. Flipping on his former BFF has put more than one target on his back. And thanks to vicious baby-daddy lies, his dream...
$18.00
Lovers & Haters
Supplier: Kensington Publishing Corporation Love can lead you astray. . .All Xavier Hunter wants is to stay out of trouble, keep his grades high enough for a college scholarship--and get out of the ‘hood for good. But when he spots...
$18.00
Playground
Supplier: Razorbill A hard-hitting and inspirational novel about the redemption of a bully from international icon 50 CentThirteen-year-old Butterball takes readers on a journey through the moments that made him into the playground bully he is today. Loosely inspired by...
$10.99
Like Sisters on the Homefront
Supplier: Quill Tree Books Rita Williams-Garcia’s masterful and bold Coretta Scott King Honor Book is fresh, funny, and powerfully relevant. This novel by a master storyteller and Newbery Honor-winning author is about one girl’s discovery of her family history—and her...
$10.99
Raising Kane
Supplier: Urban Renaissance Fifteen-year-old Kane Alexander is growing up in a single parent home after her mother abandons the family. Her father is forced to take on two jobs to support his family, and the responsibility of caring for her...
$9.95
Like This and Like That
Supplier: Kensington Publishing Corporation With the help of Boy Shopping, Gemma is making a new play for Mr. Right!Gemma is beautiful, black, and eternally single. If only she were as big a hit with the boys as she is on...
$16.00
Bad Boy
Supplier: St. Martin's Griffin Dream Jordan is back with a follow-up to the acclaimed Hot GirlKate is devastated to find herself back in a group home after a peaceful year of living with her loving foster parents, Lynn and Ted....
$17.99
Hot Girl
Supplier: St. Martin's Griffin It's summertime in Bed-Stuy "Do or Die" Brooklyn, and Kate is feeling down in the dumps. Not only is she tired of her raggedy, tomboy image, but she's also missing her best friend, Felicia, who's away...
$15.99
Love Me or Miss Me: Hot Girl, Bad Boy
Supplier: Wednesday Books What's a Brooklyn girl to do when her best friend is away for the whole summer? Don't ask Kate because she has no idea. Aimless and unhappy with her new foster mother, Kate falls into the hands...
$15.99