Girl in Reverse

Becoming Brianna: Emmie & Friends

Diary of a Witness

The Sweet, Terrible, Glorious Year I Truly, Completely Lost It

Geography Club

How It All Blew Up

Pride

Middle School Is Worse Than Meatloaf

Ashley Bennett and her friends are living the charmed life. It’s the end of senior year and they’re spending more time at the beach than in the classroom. They can already feel the sunny days and endless possibilities of summer.

Everything changes one afternoon in April, when four LAPD officers are acquitted after beating a black man named Rodney King half to death. Suddenly, Ashley’s not just one of the girls. She’s one of the black kids.

As violent protests engulf LA and the city burns, Ashley tries to continue on as if life were normal. Even as her self-destructive sister gets dangerously involved in the riots. Even as the model black family façade her wealthy and prominent parents have built starts to crumble. Even as her best friends help spread a rumor that could completely derail the future of her classmate and fellow black kid, LaShawn Johnson.

With her world splintering around her, Ashley, along with the rest of LA, is left to question who is the us? And who is the them?

Discover Your Child's Next Read

Girl in Reverse

Barbara Stuber, 2014

Becoming Brianna: Emmie & Friends

Terri Libenson, 2020

Diary of a Witness

Catherine Ryan Hyde, 2009

The Sweet, Terrible, Glorious Year I Truly, Completely Lost It

Lisa Shanahan, 2006

Geography Club

Brent Hartinger, 2003

How It All Blew Up

Arvin Ahmadi, 2020

Pride

Lucy Daniels, 2003

Middle School Is Worse Than Meatloaf

Jennifer L. Holm, Elicia Castaldi, 2006