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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