| Chameleon Contributor(s): Smith Jr, Charles R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0763630853 ISBN-13: 9780763630850 Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA) OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2008 Annotation: This street-smart novel follows an L.A. teen as he hangs with his friends and faces life's transitions and his first romance. Shooting the breeze with his boys. Tightening his "d" on the court. Doing a color check and making sure nobody's wearing blue or red, which some Crip or Piru carrying a cut-down golf club would see as disrespect. Then back to Auntie's, hoping she isn't passed out from whiskey. Now that Shawn is headed for high school, he wonders if he'd be better off at a different school - away from the hassles. With spot-on dialogue and an eye to the realities of inner-city life, Chameleon takes on the shifting moods of a teenager coming of age. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Peer Pressure - Young Adult Fiction | People & Places - United States - African American |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2007027963 |
| Lexile Measure: 640 |
| Physical Information: 1.18" H x 6.64" W x 8.74" (1.29 lbs) 384 pages |
| Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Urban - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Locality - Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA - Geographic Orientation - California - Topical - Teen - Topical - Friendship |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 128172 Reading Level: 4.0 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 13.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Kids will grab this for the immediacy in the scenes, the brutal standoffs, the fast talk at the ball court, and the elemental conflicts of coming-of-age. -- Booklist Shooting the breeze with his boys. Tightening his D on the court. Doing a color check -- making sure nobody's wearing blue or red, which some Crip or Piru carrying a cut-down golf club would see as disrespect. Then back to Auntie's, hoping she isn't passed out from whiskey at the end of the day. Now that Shawn is headed for high school, he wonders if he'd be better off at the school in Mama's neighborhood, where he'd be free of Compton's hassles. But then he wouldn't be with his fellas -- cracking jokes, covering each other's backs -- or the fine Marisol, who's been making star appearances in his dreams. Dad says he needs to make his own decision, but what does Shawn want, freedom or friendship? With teasing, spot-on dialogue and an eye to the realities of inner-city life, Chameleon takes on the shifting moods of a teenager coming of age. |