When You Look Like Us

ISBN: 0062945890

Author: Harris, Pamela N.

Condition: New

A high-speed story that will draw teens in and keep them turning pages until they reach the unpredictable and thrilling ending. A must for YA collections. (School Library Journal)A 2022 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work nominee and a 2022 Edgar Award nominee, this timely, gripping teen novel is about a boy who must take up the search for his sister when she goes missing from a neighborhood where Black girls disappearances are too often overlooked, from debut author Pamela Harris. Perfect for fans of Jason Reynolds and Tiffany D. Jackson.When you look like us-brown skin, brown eyes, black braids or fades-everyone else thinks youre trouble. No one even blinks twice over a missing Black girl from public housing because she mustve brought whatever happened to her upon herself. I, Jay Murphy, can admit that, for a minute, I thought my sister Nicole just got caught up with her boyfriend-a drug dealer-and his friends. But shes been gone too long. Nic, where are you?If I hadnt hung up on her that night, she would be at our house, spending time with Grandma.If I was a better brother, shed be finishing senior year instead of being another name on a missing persons list.Its time to step up, to do what the Newport News police department wont.Bring her home.Also a 2022 ALA Notable Book for a Global Society Award winner!