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Author:

Volponi, Paul.

Title:

Rikers High / Paul Volponi.

Publisher:

Speak,

Copyright Date:

2011, c2010

Description:

246 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Jails--Juvenile fiction.
Prisoners--Juvenile fiction.
Juvenile delinquency--Juvenile fiction.
Rikers Island (N.Y.)--Juvenile fiction.
African Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Jails--Fiction.
Prisoners--Fiction.
Juvenile delinquency--Fiction.
Rikers Island (N.Y.)--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Prisons--Fiction.
Prisoners--Fiction.
Juvenile delinquency--Fiction.
Rikers Island (N.Y.)--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.

Other Authors:

Volponi, Paul. Rikers.

Notes:

Originally published in 2002 in slightly different form by Black Heron Press under title: Rikers.

Summary:

Arrested on a minor offense, a New York City teenager attends high school in the jail facility on Rikers Island while waiting for his case to go to court.

Indexed by:

Wilson's Senior High School, February 2011
School Library Journal, January 2010
Publisher's Weekly, January 2010
Booklist, December 2009
Horn Book, October 2010
Bulletin (Center for Children's books), March 2010
Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), April 2010
Kirkus Review, January 2010
Library Media Connection, March 2010

ISBN:

0329812025
9780329812027 (Follett bdg.)
0142417785
9780142417782 (pbk.)

Locations:

JYPB641 -- Albion Municipal Library (Albion)

VSSX062 -- Vinton-Shellsburg CSD (Vinton)