Volponi, Paul.

Rikers High / Paul Volponi. - New York : Viking, 2010. - 246 p. ; 22 cm.

Originally published in 2002 in slightly different form by Black Heron Press under title: Rikers.

School Library Journal, January 2010 Publisher's Weekly, January 2010 Booklist, December 2009 Kirkus Review, January 2010

Arrested on a minor offense, a New York City teenager attends high school in the jail facility on Rikers Island while waiting for his case to go to court.

Young Adult Follett Library Resources

9780670011070 (trade) 067001107X

2009022471


Jails--Juvenile fiction.
Prisoners--Juvenile fiction.
Juvenile delinquency--Juvenile fiction.
African Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Jails--Fiction.
Prisoners--Fiction.
Juvenile delinquency--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Prisons--Fiction.
Prisoners--Fiction.
Juvenile delinquency--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.


Rikers Island (N.Y.)--Juvenile fiction.
Rikers Island (N.Y.)--Fiction.
Rikers Island (N.Y.)--Fiction.

PZ7.V8877 / Ri 2010

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