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Flake, Sharon G.

You Don't Even Know Me: Stories and Poems About Boys

198 pp. | Disney/Jump | February, 2010 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4231-0014-0 $16.99
(3) YA This volume includes both lucid short stories and poems, some of which have echoes of freestyle rap. The subtitle could be more specific; these short pieces are decidedly about troubled, urban boys. Flake has readers spend time with three-dimensional young males who contract HIV, wear gang colors, or live up to teachers' low expectations, but she never allows stereotypes to overtake humanity.
Reviewer: Shoshana Flax

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