As she tries to escape her poor Chicago neighborhood by winning a scholarship to a prestigious boarding school, shy and studious eighth-grader Patrice discovers that she has more options in life than she previously realized.
Self-confidence Fiction.
Conduct of life Fiction.
Family Fiction.
City and town life Fiction.
African American teenage girls Fiction.
Schools Fiction.

Jones, Traci L.

2006.

184 pages ;

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