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Series
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
Based on a true story from 1998, five LatinX and Black teenagers from the toughest underserved ghetto in Miami fight their way into the National Chess Championship under the guidance of their unconventional but inspirational teacher.
2) Moonlight
Publisher
A24 / Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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Formats
Description
A young black man struggles to find his place in the world while growing up in a rough neighborhood of Miami.
3) Shattered
Author
Series
Bluford series volume 12
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"Darcy Wills is desperate. A painful secret is ruining her closest friendships at Bluford High School. And an even deeper lie is tearing her family apart. Unwilling to lose the people she loves, Darcy must confront her past and the truth. What she discovers will change her world forever"--Book description.
Continues the story of Darcy Wills as she begins her junior year at Bluford High School. Eager to repair her relationship with her old boyfriend...
Author
Series
Bluford series volume 13
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Ben McKee, a new student at Bluford High School, tries to hide the bruises covering his body from his teachers and his new friends.
5) Cooley High
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set in 1960s, a slice-of-life tale of high school students coping with the challenges of everyday life growing up in the Chicago housing projects.
7) Son-in-law
Publisher
[Distributed by Buena Vista Home Video]
Pub. Date
[1994]
Language
English
Description
L.A.'s funkiest college student, Crawl, is hilariously out of his element when he spends Thanksgiving at the family farm of a straitlaced college co-ed.
8) Boys To Men?
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In this moving follow-up to the critically-acclaimed Hoop Dreams, award-winning filmmaker Frederick Marx continues his exploration of the lives of ordinary young men and the extraordinary challenges they face. Boys to Men? - the second in a proposed trilogy about masculinity in America - trains its focus on the pressures and expectations faced by a diverse group of young urban males. This program consists of four films. Are You Listening? features...
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