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Samari has just turned 17 and is asking her parents for more privileges. She wants to stay out until 12 midnight like her best friend Rhosea who is just 16. Her parents won't change her curfew. There is a "P-a-r-t-y in the Hood" Saturday night, but Samari doesn't want to go and leave early. What does she do?

Emily could see her mother and father getting into their Lincoln Continental. She could also see her seven-year-old sister, Courtney, already sitting in the back seat of the car. She wanted to touch them or say something to let them know she was there, but of course she couldn't because she was not alive, she was dead!

It's not always easy to talk about race, racism, and prejudice. These are subjects that can really make people angry. What we sometimes forget is that we all have opinions. We don't all think alike, no matter what race we are. There are certain words that shouldn't be said aloud and jokes we shouldn't repeat because they can be very hurtful. This book is divided into four parts. The first part will deal with individual, personal stories of racism.

Bubba Lee Shake'emup was from a very poor family down in Mississippi. He grew up in the church and would watch all those grownups during church service and couldn't believe how they were acting toward one another. Instead of being examples for the children, they were acting like children!