Title: Standing Against The Wind (2007 Coretta Scott King New Talent Author Winner)
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Author:   Jones, Traci L.
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Price:   $16.00
Binding:   Hardcover
ISBN:   9780374371746
Publisher:   Farrar Straus and Giroux,
Publication Year:   2006
Description:   As she tries to escape her poor Chicago neighborhood by winning a scholarship to a prestigious boarding school, shy and studious eighth grader Patrice discovers that she has more options in life than she previously realized.
Subject:   Self confidence Fiction. Conduct of life Fiction. Family problems Fiction. City and town life Fictio
Dewey Class No:   F JON
Regent SKU:   CW717
Grade Level:   7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade,
Number of Pages:   184 p. ;
Accelerated Reader:   No
Reading Counts:   No
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