Selected Urban Fiction: Titles Beginning With B - G
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The book summaries were adapted from reviews or from the books themselves. Books are fiction unless described as a "true story" or "true account."
While studying the Harlem Renaissance, students at a Bronx high school read aloud poems they've written, revealing their innermost thoughts and fears to their formerly clueless classmates.
For Koran, it was more than eight years ago when the love of his life left without an explanation. Love for him now is riding around in expensive cars and wearing the best jewelry money can buy. Whitney left Koran, the love of her life, so long ago. The pain she felt, knowing she would never see him again, was so great that she was unable to express why she had to go. Returning with a new lease on life, she suddenly comes face-to-face with the man of her past. Unfortunately, Koran is living a different life with his crew, than the one they talked about as teenagers.
Langston Holiday is a premier high school basketball star who has decided to pass up college for the once-in-a-lifetime chance of playing in the league. But on his journey to leave the projects once and for all, he is forced to deal with major problems that could keep him from ever reaching a better life for him and his family