Nora O’Malley’s been a lot of girls. As the daughter of a con-artist who targets criminal men, she grew up as her mother’s protégé. But when her mom fell for the mark instead of conning him, Nora pulled the ultimate con: escape.
Book Club
FCF – Monster by Walter Dean Myers
Trying to come to terms with the course his life has taken and awaiting trial as an accomplice to a murder, sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon records his experiences in prison and the courtroom in the form of a film script.
FCF – The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
For teens and lovers of teen literature.
A touching story of a young girl torn between the neighborhood and the upper class school her parents send her to so she can escape gang life. One night, one the way home from a neighborhood party, her unarmed best friend is shot by a white cop. Now Starr must find the courage to speak for herself and her friend.
*Warning: characters in this story use strong language which has been included in this reading as it contributes to the authenticity of the story. The Hate U Give was a 2019 RITBA winner and the 2018 Reading Across RI selection. The movie version of this book is rated PG-13.
Newly received in YA, Concrete Rose, the story of Starr’s father, Big Mav, and his days as a King Lord. Check it out.
FCF – The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie
a chronicle of the contemporary adolescence of one Native American boy as he attempts to break away from the life he was destined to live.