Ron Suskind chronicles Cedric Jennings' journey in urban Washington D.C. neighborhood through his sophomore year at Brown University. As a young African American man, Cedric overcame incredible odds to earn a college degree from an Ivy League College. Suskind opens up discussions on the ways poverty, incarceration, violent neighborhoods, and dysfunctional schools hinder the possibilities for many African Americans. Take a look at my indepth Capzle trailer on this thought provoking non fiction work. http://www.capzles.com/5340a471-7199-4e71-b26a-4ee33f3c2689
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Global I controls the bulk of the wealth & power in 2015 U.S.A. A law is passed where every individual by age 17 must get a bar code tattoo for security and solidarity. Fiscal transactions, college acceptances, and many other daily activities eventually depend on having it. However, Kayla feels anxious... Her father commits suicide allegedly over the tattoo. Best friend Amber's are experiencing extreme financial hardships given "the glitches" coming from the bar code. Kayla faces unimaginable trials and tribulations after refusing the procedure. She longs for comfort and love, but who can she trust? How will she the vision regularly haunting her? While on the run from the authorities, Kayla must depend on a small group of resisters who many get caught, killed, or turn to the other side to remain free & alive.
Those who enjoy reading works from the Hunger Games, Divergent, Legend, & Matched series will quickly become in engaged in this easy-to read survival story. Image located at http://www.goodreads.com/book/photo/592089.The_Bar_Code_Tattoo Caroline Cooney writes the fifth segment & conclusion to her epic Face on the Milk Carton series over twenty years after the fourth book in the series. Janie, now a college student, wants to move past being the kidnapped girl on the milk carton. She finds a way to reconcile with both families & former boyfriend Reeve who once betrayed her. However, other integral characters feel differently when a best selling criminal writer decides to write a novel about It. Some respect Janie's privacy in their refusals to be interviewed. However, others take the writers' researchers up on their offers either out of resentment of Janie or determination to have kidnapper Hannah brought to justice. Unlike the other books, danger looms as Hannah comes out of the wood work. Instead of assuming any responsibility for her actions, Hannah blames her family for her impoverished state. She will do what it takes to avenge the life she despises --no matter what the cost.
Cooney engages readers by delving into the lives of all who had been impacted by the milk carton story five years later. Each character's behaviors and choices as result leave room for psychological discussion. Image located at http://www.goodreads.com/book/photo/13628191-janie-face-to-face At the end of what's supposedly dream high school graduation European vacation with her best friend Melanie, Allyson meets Wilhem, a performer at an outdoor rendition of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. Allyson blows caution to the wind by spending one awe inspiring day with him in Paris. However, Allyson feels humiliated when she finds Wilhem long gone the next day. With a gaping void in her soul, Allyson struggles to let go of the past & transition into the first year of college life.
Forman moves readers by forging a one year account of Allyson's right of passage from unexpected heartbreak. Image located at http://www.goodreads.com/book/photo/12842115-just-one-day What would America be like if our basic Constitutional rights were lost? Radley returns home from serving in a children's home from Haiti when all hell breaks loose following the assassination of the new president of the American People's Party. Radley can't access money since credit cards are seized. Her parents are no where to found. Since the police are imprisoning political opponents like them, Radley fears the worst. Radley must depend on survival skills she never knew she had when fleeing to Canada. Her chances improve after meeting a runaway Celia on the road. If only they can make across the border and find her parents, everything will be okay.
Hesse shapes fantasy close to reality is this suspenseful & tear jerking journey. Image located http://www.goodreads.com/book/photo/13493462-safekeeping |
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