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Young Adult Fiction. Young Adult Literature. Themes: High School, Neighborhoods, Family, Loyalty, Friendship, Urban Teen Fiction, Poverty, Family Dysfunction, Self-Esteem, Depression, Fiction, Teen, Young Adult, Chapter Book, Hi-Lo, Hi-Lo Books, Hi-Lo Solutions, High-Low Books, Hi-Low Books, ELL, EL, ESL, Struggling Learner, Struggling Reader, Special Education, SPED, Newcomers, Reading, Learning, Education, Educational, Educational Books. Written for young adults, the Urban Underground show more series confronts issues that are of great importance to teens, such as friendship, loyalty, drugs, gangs, abuse, urban blight, bullies, and self-esteem to name a few. More than entertainment, these books can be a powerful learning and coping tool when a struggling reader connects with credible characters and a compelling storyline. The highly readable style and mature topics will appeal to young adult readers of both sexes and encourage them to finish each eBook. Cesar Chavez HS Series - Dad was always depressing Abel with his pyramid stories. He was always dooming Abel to a life at the bottom of the pyramid with all the other miserable losers. No matter how much Abel struggled and clawed, he'd never get to the pinnacle of the pyramid. And his mom was absolutely sure of Abel's incompetence at whatever he said. show lessTags
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296 Works 8,318 Members
Anne Schraff is the author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction for young people. She maintains a keen interest in United States and world history.
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- Canonical title
- To Catch a Dream (Urban Underground) (Urban Underground)
- Original publication date
- 2011
- People/Characters
- Abel Ruiz; Ernesto Sandoval
- Important places
- Chavez High
Classifications
- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, Teen, Children's Books, Young Adult
- DDC/MDS
- 813 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English
- LCC
- PZ7 .S3768 .S3 — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
- BISAC
Statistics
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- 39
- Popularity
- 743,622
- Rating
- (5.00)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 8
