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Money Hungry (Paperback)

Author:  Sharon Flake Illustrator: Tk
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Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 1423103866
ISBN-13: 9781423103868
Sku: 203832628
Publish Date: 7/17/2007
Dimensions:  (in Inches) 8H x 5.5L x 0.5T
Pages:  188
Age Range:  22 to UP
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Obsessed with money, Raspberry Hill is determined she and her mother will never be homeless again. When protests by the rich folks force them out of their new house in the suburbs, Raspberry must keep her world from crumbling. A Coretta Scott King Honor Book.
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Thirteen-year-old Raspberry Hill is starved for money. She will do just about anything legal to get her hands on the almighty dollar--wash cars, sell rotten candy, skip lunch, clean houses. She is obsessed. She is driven. She is afraid. Memories of being homeless, sleeping in the streets, and eating handouts keep Raspberry's eye on the only prize that matters to her: cold, hard cash. When the green stuff greases her palm, she gets comfort from feeling its crinkly paper power. And, when money is your best friend, there's more to do than hold it. Raspberry kisses her cash. She smells it. She loves it.
 
But even money can't answer the questions that keep Raspberry awake at night. Will she and Momma ever move out of the projects? What did Ja'nae do with the two hundred bucks Raspberry loaned her? And what's really going on with Momma and that rich doctor?
 
A haunting story of greed and forgiveness by the award-winning author of The Skin I'm In, this unforgettable novel will keep you glued to every page. Bank on it.

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"There's a satisfying fairy-tale ending, but Flake successfully conveys a situation where life is precarious. Kids who live like Raspberry will find validation in seeing themselves sympathetically portrayed, and more pampered readers will find their eyes opened wide." 05/01/2001
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Product attributeBook Format:   Paperback
Product attributeMinimum Age:   18
Product attributeNumber of Pages:   0188
Product attributePublisher:   Jump at the Sun
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