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Publication date 2007 topics revenge, violence, african americans, mentoring, revenge, violence, african americans, mentoring publisher. Homeboyz audiobook by alan lawrence sitomer 9781428193840. Listen to homeboyz by alan lawrence sitomer available from rakuten kobo. The author of the book, alan lawrence sitomer, was. Homeboyz audiobooks for free california teachers of the year program award winner alan lawrence sitomer is acclaimed for his compelling. Discover book depositorys huge selection of allan lawrence books online. California teachers of the year program award winner alan lawrence sitomer is acclaimed for his compelling stories set in gangplagued urban neighborhoods.
Homeboyz hoopster by alan lawrence sitomer fantastic fiction. My opinion it is one of the best books i ever read it reminds me about if my sister was shot i would get revenge also. As a california teacher of the year award winner, author of more than 20 books for disney and scholastic, national keynote speaker, and ceo of an edtech company bringing coding for emerging technologies into secondary classrooms, my entire career boils down to one simple ambition. The secret story of sonia rodriguez audiobook, by alan lawrence sitomer. Here sitomer shares modern methods for keeping students engaged in the boring classroom. In alan sitomers book, homeboyz, sitomer presents us with a seventeen year old teenager named dixon theodore anderson aka teddy, who suffers a big loss after gang members randomly gunned down tina teddys younger sister in a driveby shooting, while she was getting an icecream. You literary wonder what teddy move is about to make and how his decision making affected everyone around him. Hoopster books, book price comparison at bookstores.
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Some of his other books include homeboyz, hiphop high school, and the secret story of sonia rodriguez. Homeboyz by alan lawrence sitomer 20090409 by alan lawrence sitomer jan 1 1895. In addition to being an innercity high school english teacher and former professor in the graduate school of education at loyola marymount university, mr. Download homeboyz audiobook by alan lawrence sitomer. Homeboyz by alan lawrence sitomer student book talk youtube. When his little sister is killed by a stray bullet from a handgun he decides to seek revenge on the person he holds responsible. Alan sitomer is a threetime teacher of the year award winner and author of several young adult novels, including homeboyz, an american library association top ten book of the year. Alan lawrence sitomer born 1967 is californias teacher of the year 2007 and an author of young adult fiction, teacher methodology texts, and childrens literature.
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