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  • Begging for Change

    Sharon Flake

    Paperback (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, Feb. 5, 2019)
    Is there greed in Raspberry Hill's genes? In this sequel to Coretta Scott King Honor Book Money Hungry, once-homeless Raspberry Hill vows never to end up on the streets again. It's been a year since Raspberry's mother threw her hard-earned money out the window like trash, so to Raspberry money equals security and balance. And she's determined to do anything to achieve it. But when a troubled neighborhood teenager attacks her mother and Raspberry's drug-addicted father returns, Raspberry becomes desperate for her life to change and ends up doing the unthinkable, potentially ruining her friendships and losing her self-respect along the way. Will Raspberry accept that nothing good comes of bad money? Or is she destined to follow in her father's footsteps?
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  • Begging for Change

    Sharon Flake

    Hardcover (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, June 1, 2003)
    H "Flake's strength . . . lies in developing genuine, believable adults and children."-BCCB (starred review) H "Flake's charged, infectious dialogue will sweep readers through the first-person story."-Booklist (starred review) 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's got to change.
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  • Begging for Change

    Sharon Flake

    Paperback (Hyperion Book CH, July 17, 2007)
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  • Begging for Change

    Sharon Flake

    eBook (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, Oct. 28, 2009)
    H "Flake's strength . . . lies in developing genuine, believable adults and children."-BCCB (starred review) H "Flake's charged, infectious dialogue will sweep readers through the first-person story."-Booklist (starred review) 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's got to change.
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  • Begging for Change: The Taste of Night

    Sharon Flake

    Library Binding (Paw Prints 2008-04-18, April 18, 2008)
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  • Begging for Change

    Sharon Flake

    Paperback (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, May 31, 2004)
    Desperate to get her mother out of their rough situation, Raspberry steals money from a friend and now she must deal with the consequences and guilt, fearing that she may be going down the same path as her drug-addicted and thieving father. Reprint.
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  • Begging for Change

    Sharon G Flake

    Library Binding (Perfection Learning, Aug. 1, 2007)
    Is there greed in Raspberry Hill's genes? In this sequel to Coretta Scott King Honor Book MONEY HUNGRY, once-homeless Raspberry Hill vows never to end up on the streets again. It's been a year since Raspberry's mother threw her hard-earned money out the window like trash, so to Raspberry money equals security and balance. And she's determined to do anything to achieve it. But when a troubled neighborhood teenager attacks her mother and Raspberry's drug-addicted father returns, Raspberry becomes desperate for her life to change and ends up doing the unthinkable, potentially ruining her friendships and losing her self-respect along the way. Will Raspberry accept that nothing good comes of bad money? Or is she destined to follow in her father's footsteps?
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  • Begging for Change

    Sharon G. Flake

    Paperback (Hyperion, Jan. 1, 2004)
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  • Begging for Change by Sharon Flake

    Sharon Flake

    Paperback (Jump At The Sun, March 15, 1621)
    Raspberry Hill vowed never to end up living on the streets again. To her, money equals security. But when a troubled neighborhood teenager attacks her mother and her crack-addicted father returns, Raspberry takes some desperate and disturbing steps.
  • Begging for Change

    Sharon G Flake

    Paperback (Jump at the Sun, Aug. 1, 2007)
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  • Begging for Change

    Sharon Flake

    Library Binding (Fitzgerald Books, Jan. 1, 2007)
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  • Begging for Change

    Sharon Flake

    Hardcover (Jump At The Sun, Jan. 1, 1710)
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