02474cam a2200373 i 4500 441299551 TxAuBib 20201109120000.0 191010s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2019035025 9781534462724 HRD 18.99 1534462724 HRD 18.99 TxAuBib rda Hammonds Reed, Christina. Black kids. The Black kids [BOOK] / Christina Hammonds Reed. First edition. New York : Simon & Schuster BFYR, 2020. 362 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Los Angeles, 1992 Ashley Bennett and her friends are living the charmed life. It’s the end of senior year and they’re spending more time at the beach than in the classroom. They can already feel the sunny days and endless possibilities of summer. Everything changes one afternoon in April, when four LAPD officers are acquitted after beating a black man named Rodney King half to death. Suddenly, Ashley’s not just one of the girls. She’s one of the black kids. As violent protests engulf LA and the city burns, Ashley tries to continue on as if life were normal. Even as her self-destructive sister gets dangerously involved in the riots. Even as the model black family façade her wealthy and prominent parents have built starts to crumble. Even as her best friends help spread a rumor that could completely derail the future of her classmate and fellow black kid, LaShawn Johnson. With her world splintering around her, Ashley, along with the rest of LA, is left to question who is the us? And who is the them? Provided by publisher. Ages 14 up. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. Grades 10-12. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. 20230221. Race relations Young adult fiction. Schools Young adult fiction. Rodney King Riots, Los Angeles, Calif., 1992 Young adult fiction. African Americans Young adult fiction. High schools Young adult fiction. Family life California Los Angeles Young adult fiction. Los Angeles (Calif) History 20th century Young adult fiction. Historical fiction for young adults.