I don't know what the word mommy means / Youniqiue Symone -- Beauty is more than skin deep / Danielle Wilson -- Controlling my temper / Christopher A. Bogle -- The answer was me / Eliott Castro -- Color me different / Jamal K. Greene -- I was a beauty school sucker / Tonya Leslie -- My weight is no burden / Charlene Johnson -- Losing my friends to weed / Jamel A. Salter -- Out, without a doubt / Craig J. Jaffe -- I'm Black, he's Puerto Rican... so what? / Artiqua S. Steed -- All talk and no action / Elizabeth Thompson -- She's my sister (not foster) / Tamara Ballard -- Bonding through cooking / Aurora Breville -- A love too strong / Tamecka Crawford -- Learning to forgive / Christopher A. Bogle -- It takes work to flirt / Danny Gong -- My struggle with weed / Craig J. Jaffe -- College can be hell / Tamecka Crawford -- Poetry brought out the performer in me / Shaniqua Sockwell -- How I graduated / Angi Baptiste -- How writing helps me / Terry-Ann Da Costa -- Why I live in a fantasy world / Cassandra Thadal -- Walking out the anger / Tamara Ballard -- My hair is blue - but I'm not a freak! / Lenny Jones -- How to survive shopping with mom / Chris Kanarick -- A mother to my mother's children / Charlene Johnson -- No one spoke up for Irma / Ana Angelica Pines -- I'm a seventeen-year-old therapist / Quantwilla L. Johnson -- Soldier girl / Max Moran -- How I made peace with the past / Paula Byrd.
Summary:
First-person accounts of teenagers who overcame major life obstacles with insight, independence, relationships, initiative, creativity, humor, and morality.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.