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Author:

Hobbs, Jeff, 1980- author.

Title:

Show them you're good : a portrait of boys in the City of Angels the year before college / Jeff Hobbs.

Edition:

First Scribner hardcover edition.

Publisher:

Scribner,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

xiii, 319 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

High school seniors--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--Case studies.
High school seniors--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--Social conditions--Case studies.
Teenage boys--Education--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--Case studies.
College applications--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--Case studies.
Case studies.

Summary:

Traces the academic pursuits of four Los Angeles high school boys with very different backgrounds and resources who navigate challenges in class, race, expectations, cultural divides and luck to attend college.

ISBN:

1982116331
9781982116330

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1182928297

LCCN:

bl2020013211

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

YXPB162 -- Clarence Public Library (Edna Zybell Memorial Library) (Clarence)

YTPG232 -- Clinton Public Library (Clinton)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

ETPD745 -- Emmetsburg Public Library (Emmetsburg)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)

KAPF566 -- Keokuk Public Library (Keokuk)

BVPE851 -- Nevada Public Library (Nevada)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)