"Fifteen-year-old Justin keeps a list of goals stashed under his mattress. Number 1 is 'figure out life plans.' Number 7 is 'play a little basketball every day.' Nowhere on that list is 'take on the crew from Ghosttown,' but he's not that type to back down from a challenge"--Back cover.
Investigates the story behind a drive-by shooting in Oakland, Calif., motivated by a stolen bicycle. Looks at the family life of those involved and at the social conditions in which they lived.
Describes the devastating fire that swept through Oakland, California, in 1991 and the experiences of fire fighters, police officers, and ordinary citizens during this disaster.
how one woman made good on her extraordinary pact to send a classroom of first graders to college
Brown, Oral Lee
2005
Presents the story of Oral Lee Brown who promised to finance the college education of twenty-three first-grade students in 1987, made good on that promise, and continued to support dozens of children in the same manner afterwards.
The author describes her journey in 1933, at the age of seven, with her mother and two sisters from their village in southern China to the U.S. and recalls important moments from their first eight years in America.
After a devastating fire in the hills of Oakland, California, during Sukkot, a Jewish family and their neighbors find symbols of hope amidst the ashes.
