Sitomer, Alan Lawrence

From age three, McCutcheon Daniels, now sixteen, has been trained in Mixed Martial Arts and must keep winning to feed his five-year-old sister and father, but chance presents an opportunity to get out of the Detroit slums using his brain instead of his fighting skills.

Sitomer outlines his Triple C writing system -- a sequence of instructional steps to help students respond to an on-demand prompt and create evidence-based expository or argumentative short pieces.

Theresa Anderson and Devon Hampton set out to beat the SAT in order to get into a top college; however, they must also deal with the reality of street violence that could keep them both from realizing their dream.

Andre Anderson, an African-American teenager enjoying a summer filled with pickup basketball, a new girlfriend, and an internship at a popular magazine, becomes the target of violent bigotry when he writes a powerful article on racism.

From age three, McCutcheon Daniels, now sixteen, has been trained in Mixed Martial Arts and must keep winning to feed his five-year-old sister and father, but chance presents an opportunity to get out of the Detroit slums using his brain instead of his fighting skills.

"Mixed martial arts phenom McCutcheon Daniels is recruited to help the FBI but then he is disavowed by the government and abandoned in one of America's most notorious prisons"--Provided by publisher.

When Mommy and Daddy take Jake and Jenny back-to-school shopping, they are determined to stick to their list but when Mommy steps away, requests for items not on the list abound, including one from Daddy.

"Mixed martial arts phenom McCutcheon Daniels is recruited to help the FBI but then he is disavowed by the government and abandoned in one of America's most notorious prisons"--.