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H.M. Mann

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Description:Mistaken Identities:Curtis "Lil' Dog" Walker is having the worst night of his life. After putting in a hard day's work for the city of Calhoun, Virginia, and fussing with his live-in, gold-digging girlfriend "Downtown" Shae Brown, he doesn't need to find himself face-down in an alley with Delmar and Dickie Coles, notorious Vine Street thugs, pointing guns at him."At least let me know why," Curtis says."Don't know," Delmar says. "Maybe somebody think you mighta seen something they didn't want you to see ..."Curtis spits out some dirt and gravel. "This is what I saw all day! I swear!"Delmar squats in front of Curtis. "I believe you, cuz, and it's a shame a working man like yourself has to die cuz somebody white and rich scared you mighta seen somethin'. Life is a risk, right?"Curtis stares at the ground. "I'm gonna die here, aren't I?"Delmar nods. "'Fraid so."Mistaken Identities is a multicultural crime comedy where the good can be bad, the bad can be badder, and the best can be the absolute worst.Mrs. Mayor:Marissa Bandini, wife of Paolo Bandini and mother of twins, is the no-nonsense mayor of Calhoun, Virginia, the first African-American female mayor in Calhoun history. When she is approached by the Republican Party, of all parties, to run for governor of Virginia, she has some serious doubts, most of them involving the sanity of the Republican Party.Once she grudgingly agrees to run, she finds opposition on every side but one--her family. With the help of her husband, children, mother, and three skeptical staff, she embarks on a grass roots campaign that stuns Virginia and the nation. "If not now, when?" Marissa says. "If not me, who?"Mrs. Mayor is a multicultural novel of Southern politics sure to cause controversy and give hope to readers of all races, colors, and creeds.Jade Ed.:Jade Currie, an African-Italian American from Long Island, New York, has her first teaching job in the Southern town of Calhoun, Virginia, and it doesn't take her long to realize that she's in trouble. Big trouble.Her principal hides in her office, the assistant principal thinks he's Elvis Presley, her colleagues think she's "uppity," and only the janitor and secretary have her back.Fortunately, most of her students love her: 'Meka and Melody, mothers at 14; Gary, who misses school to care for his dying mother; Stevie, who has four different "baby mamas"; ZeeJay, who wants to be a DJ if his mama doesn't kill him before he graduates; and literally 150 more equally unforgettable students.Based on true stories from urban public school trenches and told with warmth, humor, and plenty of tears, Jade Ed. is a multicultural teaching odyssey readers will never forget.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with H. M. Mann's Virginia Novels Boxed Set. To get started finding H. M. Mann's Virginia Novels Boxed Set, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 600

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Kinfolk Books

Release: 2014

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Description: Mistaken Identities:Curtis "Lil' Dog" Walker is having the worst night of his life. After putting in a hard day's work for the city of Calhoun, Virginia, and fussing with his live-in, gold-digging girlfriend "Downtown" Shae Brown, he doesn't need to find himself face-down in an alley with Delmar and Dickie Coles, notorious Vine Street thugs, pointing guns at him."At least let me know why," Curtis says."Don't know," Delmar says. "Maybe somebody think you mighta seen something they didn't want you to see ..."Curtis spits out some dirt and gravel. "This is what I saw all day! I swear!"Delmar squats in front of Curtis. "I believe you, cuz, and it's a shame a working man like yourself has to die cuz somebody white and rich scared you mighta seen somethin'. Life is a risk, right?"Curtis stares at the ground. "I'm gonna die here, aren't I?"Delmar nods. "'Fraid so."Mistaken Identities is a multicultural crime comedy where the good can be bad, the bad can be badder, and the best can be the absolute worst.Mrs. Mayor:Marissa Bandini, wife of Paolo Bandini and mother of twins, is the no-nonsense mayor of Calhoun, Virginia, the first African-American female mayor in Calhoun history. When she is approached by the Republican Party, of all parties, to run for governor of Virginia, she has some serious doubts, most of them involving the sanity of the Republican Party.Once she grudgingly agrees to run, she finds opposition on every side but one--her family. With the help of her husband, children, mother, and three skeptical staff, she embarks on a grass roots campaign that stuns Virginia and the nation. "If not now, when?" Marissa says. "If not me, who?"Mrs. Mayor is a multicultural novel of Southern politics sure to cause controversy and give hope to readers of all races, colors, and creeds.Jade Ed.:Jade Currie, an African-Italian American from Long Island, New York, has her first teaching job in the Southern town of Calhoun, Virginia, and it doesn't take her long to realize that she's in trouble. Big trouble.Her principal hides in her office, the assistant principal thinks he's Elvis Presley, her colleagues think she's "uppity," and only the janitor and secretary have her back.Fortunately, most of her students love her: 'Meka and Melody, mothers at 14; Gary, who misses school to care for his dying mother; Stevie, who has four different "baby mamas"; ZeeJay, who wants to be a DJ if his mama doesn't kill him before he graduates; and literally 150 more equally unforgettable students.Based on true stories from urban public school trenches and told with warmth, humor, and plenty of tears, Jade Ed. is a multicultural teaching odyssey readers will never forget.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with H. M. Mann's Virginia Novels Boxed Set. To get started finding H. M. Mann's Virginia Novels Boxed Set, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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