This collection of original stories and poems provides rare insight into the minds of adolescent African American boys. There's Tow-Kaye, getting married at age seventeen to the love of his life, who's pregnant. James writes in his diary about his twin brother's terrible secret, while Tyler explains what it's like to be a player with the ladies. And Eric takes us on a tour of North Philly on the Fourth of July, when the heat could make a guy go crazy. Sharon G. Flake's talent for telling it like it is will leave readers thinking differently, feeling deeply, and definitely wanting more.
208 pages
(http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6642300-you-don-t-even-know-me?from_search=true&search_version=legacy)
My Thoughts:
This is a novel that I have suggested to several students over the last couple years and both male and females students have enjoyed it and recommended it to their friends. You meet several different characters with different stories. The characters deal with important issues like teen pregnancy, AIDS, gangs, sexual abuse, depression, and suicide. It is interesting because it delves into these emotional subjects through the lens of male characters.
208 pages
(http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6642300-you-don-t-even-know-me?from_search=true&search_version=legacy)
My Thoughts:
This is a novel that I have suggested to several students over the last couple years and both male and females students have enjoyed it and recommended it to their friends. You meet several different characters with different stories. The characters deal with important issues like teen pregnancy, AIDS, gangs, sexual abuse, depression, and suicide. It is interesting because it delves into these emotional subjects through the lens of male characters.