Melody is not like most people. She cannot walk or talk, but she has a photographic memory; she can remember every detail of everything she has ever experienced. She is smarter than most of the adults who try to diagnose her and smarter than her classmates in her integrated classroom—the very same classmates who dismiss her as mentally challenged, because she cannot tell them otherwise. But M…
After a car accident kills Robert, Andy's best friend and teammate on the Hazelwood High Tigers, Andy doesn't know if he can go on. He's consumed with guilt for driving the night of the accident after a long evening of drinking and partying. With perceptiveness and compassion, Sharon M. Draper portrays an African-American teenager who feels driven to consider suicide in the wake of a devastatin…
In one horrifying night, Andy's life changed forever...Andy Jackson was driving the car that crashed one night after a game, killing Robert Washington, his best friend and the captain of the Hazelwood High Tigers. It was late, and they'd been drinking, and now, months later, Andy can't stop blaming himself. As he turns away from family, friends, and even his girlfriend, he find he's losing the …
It's not easy being nine, especially when everyone calls you little sister instead of your proper name. But nothing stops Sassy Simone Sanford! When the going gets tough, she reaches into her shimmery Sassy Sack to find what's needed-a camera, shoestring, flashlight, or superglue-to solve life's problems. When she and her family are trapped in a scary situation. Sassy learns that courage comes …
SC Cilandak ( Bridging Later ) Its summer vacation, and Sassy and her family are headed to Florida to visit Grammy for her birthday. A huge celebration is planned at Grammy's beach house. Sassy cant wait! But the weather reports say a hurricane is swirling in the Atlantic, and could be coming right toward Grammy's town. So much for family fun - everyone's to busy boarding up their houses an…
Dinosaurs do exist. Especially when they have names like Ziggy, Rico, Rashawn, and Jerome - otherwise known as The Black Dinosaurs. Okay. They're not really dinosaurs; they're just a group of friends who've decided to start their own club. And, since all of the guys thought Rashawn's huge plastic Apatosaurus was cool, they decided to name the club after it. It doesn't take long before the Bla…