Street Love
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On Sale:
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10/30/2007
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Formats:
Paperback | eBook
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Your first love is totally wrong for you.
Do you follow your heart?
Or do you run away?
Junice
What am I doing? He’ll take one quick look
And wish he was anywhere else but here
I’m already ashamed of what I think
He will think of me, of the life I lead
Damien
Yes, she is the fruit that will
Sustain me and yes, she brings
A rain that I know can chill
But it is a rain so sweet and sings
A song my soul insists
That I follow, if I would exist
As more than I have ever, ever been
If my mother calls it evil, then I embrace the sin
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Awards for Street Love |
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Horn Book Fanfare
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ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
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Kirkus Editor’s Choice
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ALA Best Book for Young Adults
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New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age
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Horn Book Fanfare
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ALA Best Book for Young Adults
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ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
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New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age
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Kirkus Editor’s Choice
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ALA Best Book for Young Adults
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ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
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New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age
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Kirkus Editor’s Choice
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Critical Praise for
Street Love
"The realistic drama on the street and at home tells a gripping story. Readers will want to reread the lines they loved."
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Booklist (starred review)
"The realistic drama on the street and at home tells a gripping story."
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Booklist (starred review)
"Both male and femal YAs will be able to relate…the tale’s brevity and evocation of strong emotions will give it appeal to reluctant readers as well."
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KLIATT (starred review)
"This deeply felt, poignant story is told in deft strokes, with memorable language…"
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KLIATT (starred review)
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