![]() ![]() A fiery and funny romance with an undercurrent of social justice and awareness. Sparks will fly in this hip-hop-hot teen novel that mixes social protest and star-crossed romance, from Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Honor-winning. Facebook posts, email exchanges, and articles in the school newspaper provide additional forums for classmates’ verbal sparring. Then I’ll cut him loose like the stray dawg that he is”), but the teens end up surprising each other as they mobilize a protest. ![]() ![]() Football along until the protest gets some legs. Claudia sees right through him (“Yeah, I’ll just string Mr. With Kevin Bacon, Elizabeth Perkins, Nathan Lane, Anthony LaPaglia. ![]() Omar is shot down time and again, but he sees an opening when the school board cuts arts funding, aligning himself with Claudia’s mission to overturn the board’s decision. He Said, She Said: Directed by Ken Kwapis, Marisa Silver. This paperback edition includes a Q&A with author Kwame Alexander. Omar is getting plenty of action, on and off the field, and he bets his friends that he can sleep with Claudia within a month (“Trust me, cuz, it’ll never happen,” says one of his friends. Sparks will fly in this hip-hop-hot teen novel that mixes social protest and star-crossed romance, from Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Honorwinning author Kwame Alexander He Said, She Said is perfect for fans of Walter Dean Myers and Rachel Vail alike. As the title suggests, Alexander’s (Acoustic Rooster and His Barnyard Band) first book for teens jumps between the narratives of two teens who don’t see eye to eye: star quarterback Omar “T-Diddy” Smalls and Harvard-bound student activist Claudia Clarke. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |