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When you look like us / Pamela N. Harris.

Harris, Pamela N., (author.).

Summary:

"When you look like us-brown skin, brown eyes, black braids or fades-everyone else thinks you're trouble. No one even blinks twice over a missing black girl from public housing because she must've brought whatever happened to her upon herself. I, Jay Murphy, can admit that, for a minute, I thought my sister Nicole just got caught up with her boyfriend-a drug dealer-and his friends. But she's been gone too long. Nic, where are you? If I hadn't hung up on her that night, she would be at our house, spending time with Grandma. If I was a better brother, she'd be finishing senior year instead of being another name on a missing persons list. It's time to step up, to do what the Newport News police department won't. Bring her home."-- Publisher's description.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780062945891
  • ISBN: 0062945890
  • ISBN: 9780780492639
  • Physical Description: 356 pages ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2021]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Publisher, publishing date and paging may vary.
Target Audience Note:
Ages 14-up.
12 years and up.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR UG 4.6 12 511862.
Subject: Siblings > Juvenile fiction.
Missing persons > Juvenile fiction.
African American teenagers > Juvenile fiction.
Women, Black > Crimes against > Juvenile fiction.
African American families > Juvenile fiction.
Families > Juvenile fiction.
Racism > Virginia > Juvenile fiction.
African Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Newport News (Va.) > Juvenile fiction.
Genre: Domestic fiction.

Available copies

  • 20 of 20 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Cass County.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Cass County Library-Northern Resource Center YA HAR 2021 (Text) 0002205555135 Young Adult Fiction Available -

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When You Look Like Us
When You Look Like Us
by Harris, Pamela N.
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When You Look Like Us


"A high-speed story that will draw teens in and keep them turning pages until they reach the unpredictable and thrilling ending. A must for YA collections." (School Library Journal) A 2022 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work nominee and a 2022 Edgar Award nominee, this timely, gripping teen novel is about a boy who must take up the search for his sister when she goes missing from a neighborhood where Black girls' disappearances are too often overlooked, from debut author Pamela Harris. Perfect for fans of Jason Reynolds and Tiffany D. Jackson. When you look like us--brown skin, brown eyes, black braids or fades--everyone else thinks you're trouble. No one even blinks twice over a missing Black girl from public housing because she must've brought whatever happened to her upon herself. I, Jay Murphy, can admit that, for a minute, I thought my sister Nicole just got caught up with her boyfriend--a drug dealer--and his friends. But she's been gone too long. Nic, where are you? If I hadn't hung up on her that night, she would be at our house, spending time with Grandma. If I was a better brother, she'd be finishing senior year instead of being another name on a missing persons list. It's time to step up, to do what the Newport News police department won't. Bring her home. Also a 2022 ALA Notable Book for a Global Society Award winner!

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