• Former LA high school teacher L. Divine's debut DRAMA HIGH, featuring a quick-witted, 15-year-old AP student from Compton who is bussed to a predominately white high school, and the clique of friends she hangs out with.
• Debut novelist Paula Chase's first two novels in the Del Rio Bay Clique series, SO NOT THE DRAMA and DON'T GET IT TWISTED, set in suburbia and starring the African-American freshman popularity queen.
• Ronin Ro's RAISING HELL:RUN-DMC, JAM MASTER JAY AND THE BIRTH OF THE HIP-HOP INDUSTRY, the story of how Run-DMC's commercial and artistic success forever transformed the expression of American pop culture, created a multi-billion dollar industry, and foretold the evolution of hip-hop, both its triumphs and tragedies.
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