When You Look Like Us

From debut author Pamela Harris comes a timely, gripping teen novel about a boy who must take up the search for his sister when she goes missing from a neighborhood where black girls' disappearances are too often overlooked. Perfect for fans of Jason Reynolds and Tiffany D. Jackson. When you look like us--brown skin, brown eyes, black braids or fades--everyone else thinks you're trouble. No one even blinks twice over a missing black girl from public housing because she must've brought whatever happened to her upon herself. I, Jay Murphy, can admit that, for a minute, I thought my sister Nicole just got caught up with her boyfriend--a drug dealer--and his friends. But she's been gone too long. Nic, where are you? If I hadn't hung up on her that night, she would be at our house, spending time with Grandma. If I was a better brother, she'd be finishing senior year instead of being another name on a missing persons list. It's time to step up, to do what the Newport News police department won't. Bring her home.

Product details

• Authors: Pamela Harris, Pamela N. Harris
• Publisher: Quill Tree Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 14
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2021
• EAN: 9780062945891
• ISBN: 978-0-06-294589-1
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 200 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Young people's books from 12 years of age; YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Family / Siblings *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Social Themes / Friendship *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Law & Crime *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Social Themes / Class Differences *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Social Themes / Prejudice & Racism *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Coming of Age *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Social Themes / Mental Illness *