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291 pp.
| Polis
| May, 2017
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TradeISBN 978-1-943818-43-3$18.99
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EbookISBN 978-1-943818-68-6
(3)
YA
Chicago teen Nikki's mother died of a drug overdose and her father has kicked her out. Lured by her "boyfriend" (a child pornographer) to southern California, she finds a new family among other homeless youth. While investigating the disappearance of a friend at the hands of the violent pornographers, she takes brave actions to survive. This unflinching thriller shows the gritty underbelly of Los Angeles preceding the 1992 riots.
272 pp.
| Polis
| June, 2016
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TradeISBN 978-1-943818-19-8$17.99
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EbookISBN 978-1-943818-20-4
(3)
YA
Dawe's uncensored portrait of a Maori boy attending a New Zealand boarding school is riveting in its honesty and more disturbing than The Chocolate War. Te Arepa is open to new experiences, hardworking, sexually active, and by turns willing to comply with bullies to survive and unwilling to sacrifice his identity. The world he navigates is racist, cruel, and unjust; no one survives unscathed.