Who Am I Without Him? Short Stories About Girls and the Boys in Their Lives

by Flake, Sharon

• ISBN13: 9780786806935
• ISBN10: 0786806931
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-05-01
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Summary

There is " The Ugly One," whose only solace comes when she is locked inside her own head. In " Wanted: A Thug," a teenager seeks advice on how to steal her best friend's bad-guy boyfriend. And then there's Erika, who only likes white boys. Sharon Flake takes readers through the minds of girls trying to define themselves while struggling to remain relevant to the boys in their lives. This is a complex, often humorous, always on-point exposition of black youth resolving to find self-worth . . . Any way they know how.

Author Biography

Sharon G. Flake was named a Publishers Weekly Flying Start as an author to watch. Her books for teens have received many accolades, including the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for The Skin I'm In and a Coretta Scott King Honor for Money Hungry. "Flake's strength ... lies in developing genuine, believable adults and children," the Bulletin declared in a starred review for Begging for Change, a Bulletin Blue Ribbon Book and ALA Quick Pick. Ms. Flake is a former youth counselor. She lives in Pittsburgh with her daughter.

Table of Contents

So I Ain't No Good Girl	1	(9)
The Ugly One	10	(9)
Wanted: A Thug	19	(10)
I Know a Stupid Boy When I See One	29	(20)
Mookie in Love	49	(21)
Don't Be Disrespecting Me	70	(20)
I Like White Boys	90	(15)
Jacobs's Rules	105	(30)
Hunting for Boys	135	(22)
A Letter to My Daughter	157