[LM_NET] Target: Sec :African American Teen Fiction

[Darlene Yasick <lib027yas@SBCGLOBAL.NET>]

I am posting this on behalf of a friend who works in a suburban high school 
library. Hopefully some of you will have some great titles to pass on. I will post 
a hit.  Thanks Darlene
 
 
Morning, Friends
I had a student approach me to ask for stories about modern
African-American girls growing up--"just like me".  I assured her that 
yesindeed, we have many books about African-American teens.  As I helped 
hersearch, I was embarrassed to recognize that many of my books with
"African-AMerican" as a subject heading were historical bios or dealt 
withAfrican-American teens who were facing unwed pregnancies, drugs, etc. 
Granted, realistic novels are a big part of any collection, but my 
studentwas bewildered with her choices and asked about novels about Af-Am
students who were doing well in school, loved their parents, and were, 
inshort "just like her".  Any suggestions for African-American fiction 
thatdeals with "regular" kids who happen to be African-American?  Any help 
youcan give me would be great?



Darlene Yasick
Media Specialist
Hopkins (MI) High School
lib027yas@global.net

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