Books with title All-American Boys

"Sure, you could try to convince Charlie Ames that there was more to life than becoming America Today’s All-American Boy (and heaven knows, folks tried) but when it comes right down to it, you probably can never really convince somebody of something he’s not quite ready to be convinced of..."The Next All-American BoyAdventure, humor, and heart abound in this charming novel for young readers. Follow 11 year-old Charlie Ames through an unforgettable summer, as he, along with his best friend Oliver and an engaging cast of colorful characters he meets along the way, considers what it really means to be an "All-American Boy." From rocking out with a heavy metal musician to secretly harboring a runaway circus trapeze artist, Charlie can be sure that whether he wins the "All-American Boy" contest or not, this summer is one he will never forget!Infused with humor and plenty of whimsy, "The Next All-American Boy" is sure to entertain readers both young and old.

A 2016 Coretta Scott King Author Honor book, and recipient of the Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children s Literature. In this Coretta Scott King Honor Award winning novel, two teens one black, one white grapple with the repercussions of a single violent act that leaves their school, their community, and, ultimately, the country bitterly divided by racial tension. A bag of chips. That s all sixteen-year-old Rashad is looking for at the corner bodega. What he finds instead is a fist-happy cop, Paul Galluzzo, who mistakes Rashad for a shoplifter, mistakes Rashad s pleadings that he s stolen nothing for belligerence, mistakes Rashad s resistance to leave the bodega as resisting arrest, mistakes Rashad s every flinch at every punch the cop throws as further resistance and refusal to STAY STILL as ordered. But how can you stay still when someone is pounding your face into the concrete pavement? There were witnesses: Quinn Collins a varsity basketball player and Rashad s classmate who has been raised by Paul since his own father died in Afghanistan and a video camera. Soon the beating is all over the news and Paul is getting threatened with accusations of prejudice and racial brutality. Quinn refuses to believe that the man who has basically been his savior could possibly be guilty. But then Rashad is absent. And absent again. And again. And the basketball team half of whom are Rashad s best friends start to take sides. As does the school. And the town. Simmering tensions threaten to explode as Rashad and Quinn are forced to face decisions and consequences they had never considered before. Written in tandem by two award-winning authors, this four-starred reviews tour de force shares the alternating perspectives of Rashad and Quinn as the complications from that single violent moment, the type taken from the headlines, unfold and reverberate to highlight an unwelcome truth."