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You all are so well read and I'll admit I've read almost all of the books you've already mentioned. Have a question - hope to get some help with this.
I mentor a 15 year old girl who loves to read - her foster mother doesn't monitor what she reads she is just happy that she reads (can you see where I'm going with this?)...however I have a BIG problem with some of the books that she reads - I don't want to discourage her but I'm racking my brain to get good books for her to read that are age appropriate (Lord I sound like my mama).
English is her favorite subject but she feels the teacher is picking on her when she corrects her ebonic filled homework (I've seen her work - she is lucky to get the C). I was kind of a nerd in HS so the books I loved as a teen are above her head right now - I'm really looking for suggestions of books preferably from black authors that are not the "flava of the month" romance tales... She's given me a couple of the books she has read..they are good books per se...just not what I think a 15 year old should be reading. To be fair I'll admit I read some books that I probably shouldn't have at that age but there was a definite balance and (I think) there is a big difference between the romance books I read and the graphic nature of some poplular books today.
Any suggestions?
BTW - a couple of pages back someone wrote they did not like The Seasons of Beento Blackbird..I loved that book - most people that said they didn't like the book really didn't like the main character or the subject of polygamy - if you get past the American view of this you will definitely appreciate the way the author lyrically wrote the story.
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