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Who Am I Without Him? Short Stories about Girls and the Boys in Their Lives
Ten short stories told in the first-person voices of young African American teenagers deal with the emotional ups and downs they encounter in their day-to-day dealings with the opposite sex. Readers get inside each narrator’s head, witnessing all the heart poundings and heartaches, the bickering and bullying that goes on in these character’s lives in their search for love and validation. Some stories are particularly gut-wrenching: for example, the young girl who completely gives up her identity to please the undeserving boy she has a crush on in “So I Ain’t No Good Girl.” But all are painfully realistic and true to the middle-school voice, something that distinguishes all of Sharon G. Flake’s writing. ©2004 Cooperative Children's Book Center
CCBC Age Recommendation: Age 11 and older
Age Range:
Grades 6-8 (Ages 11-13)
Grades 9-12 (Age 14 and older)
Format:
Short Stories
Subjects:
African Americans
Boys and Men
Feelings/Emotions
Girls and Women
Love and Romance
Self-Esteem and Self-Worth
Diversity subject:
Black/African
Publishers:
Hyperion, Jump at the Sun
Publish Year: 2004
Pages: 168
ISBN: 0786806931
CCBC Location: Fiction, Flake