african american teenage girls

Quadriplegic detective Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs find themselves on a cat-and-mouse chase through the streets of uptown Manhattan as they try to outguess a cunning serial killer.

The diary of a sixteen-year-old free African-American who lived in Massachusetts in 1854 records her schooling, participation in the antislavery movement, and concern for an arrested fugitive slave. Includes sidebars, activities, and a timeline related to this era.

Fifteen-year-old Angela Jenkins accepts Shayla Mercer's offer to make sure Angela wins the holiday fashion show competition, but she soon learns that the price of instant popularity can be very high.

Pregnant fifteen-year-old Esch and her family live in Bois Sauvage, Mississippi, which puts them in the path of Hurricane Katrina, and as they try to stock the small amount of food they have in preparation for the disaster, the family's love for each other will be their only hope for survival.