Spellbound

By Janet McDonald

Subjects: Juvenile fiction, High school dropouts, Fiction, African-American teenage girls, African-American teenage mothers, Determination in teenage girls, African Americans, Teenage mothers, Children's fiction, Dropouts, fiction, African-American single mothers, Scholarships and fellowships, Ambition, Public housing, Spelling bees, Teenage pregnancy, Best friends, Friendship, fiction, Resilience (Personal quality)

Description: Raven, a teenage mother and high school dropout living in a housing project, decides, with the help and sometime interference of her best friend Aisha, to study for a spelling bee which could lead to a college preparatory program and four-year scholarship.