los angeles

The author recounts his growing up in poverty in Los Angeles, his encounters with racism in school and on the streets, and his struggle to overcome prejudice, drugs, and violence.

Jaime Escalante, an immigrant from Bolivia, became a high school teacher to inner school Hispanic students with extraordinary results.

Twelve-year-old Derek Fallon has the opportunity of a lifetime--to perform stunts in a movie featuring a popular twelve-year-old star--but complications arise involving his best friend, a capuchin monkey, and Derek's chronic inability to concentrate on schoolwork.

When the Los Angeles riots break out in the streets of their neighborhood, a young boy and his mother learn the value of getting along with others.