From Street Smart to School Smart
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From Street Smart to School Smart

The Unmaking of the Sisters of the Streets

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  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

From Street Smart to School Smart

The Unmaking of the Sisters of the Streets

About this book

This story about 17-year-old Jewels Odom and 13 other ex-teen prostitutes gives Jewels and her 13 "sisters" a pulpit to speak to other lost girls looking for an escape from what they call the "streets of hell." What separates Jewels from her "street sisters" is her ability to survive and succeed -- actually going to college to return as a teacher at juvie. This story ends with a mixture of successes and failures, but as always, Jewels is the one who has the final say when she tries to connect with Maya Angelou, the famous poet, to be the graduation speaker.

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Author’s Note
  3. Preface
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. The Worst Part of the Game!
  6. Three Months Later
  7. A New Teacher Principal Man
  8. Used Desks
  9. Maya Angelou to the Rescue
  10. Constitution Convention
  11. Go Easy on DJ?
  12. Man on the Floor!
  13. She Forgot Her Pot?
  14. She Took off the Band-Aids!
  15. When Art Therapy Becomes Talk Therapy
  16. Mr. Buddha Man on the Floor?
  17. Playin’ the Dozins
  18. This Couch Really Sucks!
  19. More Prunes
  20. Little Brothers We Wish We Had
  21. When You Don’t Have a Future?
  22. Never a Time for Coke!
  23. Colonel Sanders and Road Warrior!
  24. It Never Leaves You!
  25. Sister of the Streets!
  26. His Sacred Cow
  27. No Pussy Votes!
  28. Man, on the Sidewalk!
  29. Andrea
  30. To Be a Snitch or Not to Be a Snitch!
  31. Track Meet!
  32. Top Dog or Shop Bully
  33. Can’t Always Run Away from Failure!
  34. GED Tests!
  35. I Know She Has Gone to Heaven!
  36. Pulling for Us to Succeed
  37. Two Inches from the Gutter
  38. The Real Game of Life Begins!
  39. Epilogue
  40. About the Author