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Taking place in an urban setting, bright lights, dark nights follows walter, a boy who lives with his father, a cop, and gets by with his friends nate, kate and jason. This is one of the few books that places the reader right into the middle of racism on an everyday level. A story about first love, first fights, and finding yourself in a messed up world, from the acclaimed author of happyface. Mariko tamaki, cocreator of the new york timesbestselling and printz and caldecott honor book this one summer. A story about first love, first fights, and finding yourself in a messed up world, from the acclaimed author of happyfac.
Emond uses his trademark mix of illustration and storytelling in a tale about a young couple trying to cope with racial inequality, police corruption, and americas continued struggle to see the person beneath their color. Theyre both kind of the same thing with the long tunnel and the bright light at the end. In striving to enrich the lives of all readers, teachingbooks supports the first amendment and celebrates the right to read. From golfer aaron baddeley, news reader leigh hatcher, and world vision ceo tim costello as well as a host of others come these stories of the faith that binds them together. Taking the heat wins the 2016 american library association reading list award for best genre fiction. First love, racism, family strife, and the internets culture of anonymous cruelty are some of the many themes explored in this illustrated novel by happyface 2010 author emond high school senior walter, who is white, lives with his dad, a cop whose career has nosedived in the years since he and walters mom divorced and they moved from a middleclass suburb to a workingclass. The last few nights he had had the most uncertain feelings about.
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