african american teenage girls

Best friends Anjenai, Kierra, and Tyler, having mended their relationships after fighting over football star Romeo, hope they can count on each other when Anjenai's new makeover gets her some attention, Kierra considers trying a dangerous drug in order to keep up with her busy schedule, and Tyler is confronted by some hardcore girls.

A story about a man's deception, a family's complicity, and two teenage girls caught in the middle. Set in a middle-class neighborhood in Atlanta in the 1980s, the novel revolves around James Witherspoon's two families, the public one and the secret one. When the daughters from each family meet and form a friendship, only one of them knows they are sisters. It is a relationship destined to explode when secrets are revealed and illusions shattered. As Jones explores the backstories of her rich yet flawed characters, the father, the two mothers, the grandmother, and the uncle, she also reveals the joy, as well as the destruction, they brought to one another's lives. At the heart of it all are the two lives at stake, and like the best writers--think Toni Morrison with The Bluest Eye--Jones portrays the fragility of these young girls with raw authenticity as they seek love, demand attention, and try to imagine themselves as women, just not as their mothers.

Maya wants her cousin, Viviana, out of her life, but to make matters worse Viviana is living with her, tries to steal her boyfriend, and is on the school's quiz team competing on a television show with Maya.

Contains volumes nine through twelve of the Cheetah Girls novels in which the group is accused of stealing lyrics, Chantal must decide whether to stay with the Cheetahs or follow her dream of becoming a ballerina, Dorinda is torn between loyalty to her sister and the band, and music producer Mouse Almighty offers to produce their demo tape.

The story of five teenager girls who form a singing group and struggle for success.

Presents excerpts from interviews with fifteen African-American girls between the ages of eleven and twenty, touching on such themes as racism, education, gang violence, and the importance of role models.

A collection of essays discussing issues surrounding the sexual coming-of-age experiences of African-American women.

Contains sixteen stories in which young adult African-American women discuss their sexual coming-of-age experiences.

African-American sixteen-year-old Keysha Kendall takes up with a bad crowd as she struggles to adjust to life in her affluent biological father's home after her mother is arrested.