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Homeboyz
Contributor(s): Sitomer, Alan Lawrence (Author)
ISBN: 142310031X     ISBN-13: 9781423100317
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
OUR PRICE:   $8.09  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: September 2008
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Annotation: In the final installment of his Hoopster trilogy, Sitomer delivers his darkest, most dramatic and most hopeful work yet.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - General (see Also Headings Under Family)
Dewey: FIC
Lexile Measure: 860
Physical Information: 0.65" H x 5.52" W x 8.24" (0.74 lbs) 304 pages
Themes:
- Demographic Orientation - Urban
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 114779
Reading Level: 5.5   Interest Level: Upper Grades   Point Value: 9.0
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:
Alan Lawrence Sitomer writes a compelling story of piecing together a life after a devastating loss--when the threat of violence lurks at every step.
When Teddy Anderson's little sister Tina is gunned down randomly in a drive-by shooting, the gangstas who rule the streets in the Anderson family's rapidly deteriorating neighborhood dismiss the incident as just another case of wrong place, wrong time. According to gangsta logic, Tina doesn't even count as a statistic.
After his elaborately laid plans for revenge against his sister's killer are foiled by the cops. Teddy soon finds himself in and then out of prison on house arrest, into the hands of Officer Mariana Diaz, the smart, tough probation officer assigned to oversee his endless hours of community service. As part of the innovative rehabilitation program Diaz runs, Teddy is assigned to tutor Micah, a twelve-year-old orphan and would-be gansta.
As Teddy goes through the motions of complying with the terms of his probation, Diaz has no idea that he is using his genius-level computer hacker skills to plot his final vengeance and to defraud the state education system of hundreds of thousands of dollars. But even though Teddy thinks he knows it all, he fails to see how Micah's desperate need for love and trust just might have the power not only to pierce all Teddy's defenses, but to save his family.