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January 07, 2007
Begging for Change by Sharon Flake
Fourteen-year-old Raspberry Hill is still struggling to find security in her life. More than anything, she wants a father who will love and protect her, like Zora's dad. When her mother is attacked, Raspberry does the unthinkable: she steals money from Zora, her best friend. It's only when her thieving, drug-addicted father returns that Raspberry begins to wonder whether betraying Zora will cost her more than she can ever repay. Is Raspberry destined to follow in her father's footsteps? Raspberry is certain something has got to change.
Sharon G. Flake won the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award for her first novel The Skin I'm In and is a two-time Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book winner. Beloved by children and adults, critics and booksellers, librarians and teachers, she is the author of six books for young adults that have sold more than half a million copies. The mother of a college-age daughter, Flake writes full time from her home in Pittsburgh.
Posted by Topher McCulloch at January 7, 2007 06:48 PM | Begging for Change | Spring 2007
Comments
i loved this book!!!!
Posted by: Amber at March 30, 2008 05:31 PM
i think this book is great sharon g. flake is one of my favorite authors and shes a wonderful author.. i read your other book with maleeka i cant remember the title right now but you know what im talkin about!! but just to let you i really like and thankyou for great books and i hope you will continue making wonderful books!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: bri at April 1, 2008 08:58 PM
i wish I new where to get a long summary at because i hate myself :(
Posted by: brie at April 12, 2008 10:16 AM