A good long way
Rene Saldana, Jr
Three Mexican American teenagers in a small-town in Texas struggle with difficulties at home and at school as they try to attain the elusive status of adulthood.
Read Time: ~1.8 hr
The new one
by Jacqueline Turner Banks (1994)
About this book
Twelve-year-old twin brothers Judge and Jury fail to see eye to eye about whether to befriend the new black girl in their class at school and whether to interfere with their mother's plans to marry her boyfriend.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreThe new one Lead Character
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