Taneesha Never Disparaging

M. LaVora Perry, Floyd Cooper

• Publisher: Wisdom Publications
• Year: 2011
• eBook ISBN:
  9780861717781
• Print ISBN:
  9780861715503

Fifth grade isn't exactly easy for eleven-year-old Taneesha Bey-Ross. For one thing, she's getting tired of being her best friend Carli Flanagan's personal bodyguard. Carli wears a leg brace and she's white, and when Taneesha does stand up for Carli in the face of a local bully--a giant of a girl with big fists and army boots--she's told to expect revenge. Taneesha's also running a loser's race for class president, and her love-hate interest Rayshaun has learned that Taneesha is a Buddhist, so now he's taunting her, saying that she's going to hell. Her mom may have told her that Taneesha's got heaven in her heart, but it doesn't feel that way. And just in case she forgets it, there's always Evella, Taneesha's evil imaginary twin, to remind her that she's a total failure.

This beautifully written, fun, and instantly engaging novel presents vivid characters and a timely story about the big issues that every child faces.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Praise
• Dedication
• CHAPTER 1 - GUARANTEED PUBLIC HUMILIATION
• CHAPTER 2 - THE “I’ M-NOT-RUNNING-FOR-ANY-DANG-THING” PLAN
• CHAPTER 3 - BONKED ON THE HEAD
• CHAPTER 4 - BLOODY & BEATEN ON BERNARD
• CHAPTER 5 - SHOWTIME AT THE BEY-ROSS’
• CHAPTER 6 - E.T. MEETS SIX X-RAY EYES
• CHAPTER 7 - NO PARENTS HOME
• CHAPTER 8 - THEY HAD BEEN TO HELL
• CHAPTER 9 - SONG OF AN OLD FRIEND
• CHAPTER 10 - HUMAN-EATING BIGFOOT
• CHAPTER 11 - FLOUNCING OUT
• CHAPTER 12 - DOWNRIGHT DANGEROUS FLORIDA
• CHAPTER 13 - GAGGING UP GUAVA-MANGO JUICE
• CHAPTER 14 - THE MEAN LAUGH
• CHAPTER 15 - DRESSED LIKE A CANDIDATE
• CHAPTER 16 - SNAKE SNACK
• CHAPTER 17 - INVISIBLE, COZY BLANKET
• CHAPTER 18 - STANDING O
• Acknowledgements
• ABOUT THE AUTHOR
• ABOUT WISDOM PUBLICATIONS
• THE WISDOM TRUST
• Copyright Page