I'll be there

By Anne E. Schraff

Subjects: Adventure stories, Self-esteem, fiction, Relationships, Mothers and daughters, LITERARY CRITICISM, Fiction, American, Children's fiction, Interpersonal relations, fiction, Adolescence, fiction, Students, fiction, General

Description: More than entertainment, these books can be a powerful coping tool when a struggling reader connects with the text. Paperback books look and feel like a trade edition and are complete in just under 200 pages. Ernesto and Naomi are mentoring two at-risk freshmen who've had it rough. Naomi's father isn't happy that she's hanging around at-risk kids, but Ernesto convinces him that the kids are fine. Meanwhile, Clay is up to his cruel tricks. Mira has taken him back, and his parents have rewarded his bad behavior with a new car. It's too hard to resist temptation; someone has let the air out of th.