True true
(Book)
Author
Published
New York : Nancy Paulsen Books, 2023.
ISBN
9780593462102, 0593462106
Physical Desc
368 pages ; 22 cm.
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Status
Acton - Young Adult
YA FIC HOOPER
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YA FIC HOOPER
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Published
New York : Nancy Paulsen Books, 2023.
Format
Book
Language
English
ISBN
9780593462102, 0593462106
Notes
Description
When Gil, a Black teen from Brooklyn, struggles to fit in at his primarily white Manhattan prep school, he wages a clandestine war against the racist administration, parents, and students, while working with other Black students to ensure their voices are finally heard.
Description
This is not how seventeen-year-old Gil imagined beginning his senior year--on the subway dressed in a tie and khakis headed towards Manhattan instead of his old public school in Brooklyn. Augustin Prep may only be a borough away, but the exclusive private school feels like it's a different world entirely compared to Gil's predominately Caribbean neighborhood in Brooklyn. If it weren't for the partial scholarship, the school's robotic program and the chance for a better future, Gil wouldn't have even considered going. Then after a racist run-in with the school's golden boy on the first day ends in a fight that leaves only Gil suspended, Gil understands the truth about his new school--Augustin may pay lip service to diversity, but that isn't the same as truly accepting him and the other Black students as equal. But Gil intends to leave his mark on Augustin anyway. If the school isn't going to carve out a space for him, he will carve it out for himself. Using Sun Tzu's The Art of War as his guide, Gil wages his own clandestine war against the racist administration, parents and students, and works with the other Black students to ensure their voices are finally heard. But the more enmeshed Gil becomes in school politics, the more difficult it becomes to balance not only his life at home with his friends and family, but a possible new romance with a girl he'd move mountains for. In the end, his war could cost him everything he wants the most.
Target Audience
Ages 12 and up.,Nancy Paulsen Books.
Target Audience
Grades 7-9.,Nancy Paulsen Books.
Subjects
LC Subjects
African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Jamaican Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
New York (N.Y.) -- Juvenile fiction.
Preparatory schools -- Juvenile fiction.
Private schools -- Juvenile fiction.
Racism in education -- Juvenile fiction.
Romance fiction.
School fiction.
Social problem fiction.
Teenage boys -- Juvenile fiction.
Jamaican Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
New York (N.Y.) -- Juvenile fiction.
Preparatory schools -- Juvenile fiction.
Private schools -- Juvenile fiction.
Racism in education -- Juvenile fiction.
Romance fiction.
School fiction.
Social problem fiction.
Teenage boys -- Juvenile fiction.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Hooper, D. P. (2023). True true . Nancy Paulsen Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hooper, Don P.. 2023. True True. Nancy Paulsen Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hooper, Don P.. True True Nancy Paulsen Books, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Hooper, Don P.. True True Nancy Paulsen Books, 2023.
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