Who's 'Bout to Bounce?

Who's 'Bout to Bounce?
Author: Deborah Gregory
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 127
Release: 2014-08-12
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1453277692

Dorinda’s dance teacher tells her that she’s got what it takes to audition as a back-up dancer for the singing sensation Money Monique. This is Dorinda’s chance to really make it. But since Dorinda has always been the best dancer in the Cheetah Girls, she’s been the one to make up the group’s “phat” dance moves. If she gets chosen to tour with Money Monique, she’ll have to leave the Cheetah Girls and Mrs. Bosco, her foster mother, behind.

Just Us Girls

Just Us Girls
Author: Wendy Rountree
Publisher: Peter Lang
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2008
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9780820481326

Just Us Girls: The Contemporary African American Young Adult Novel is a welcome addition to the literary criticism in a field that deserves more critical study - African American children's and young adult literature. This book is a close-reading textual study of major issues and themes in contemporary (i.e., post-Civil Rights era) young adult novels written by both well-known and lesser-known African American women writers, written primarily from an African American perspective and primarily, but not exclusively, for an African American female audience. Representative works by Candy Dawson Boyd, Rita Williams-Garcia, Deborah Gregory, Rosa Guy, Virginia Hamilton, Mildred Pitts Walter, and Jacqueline Woodson are analyzed. Each chapter investigates cultural, social, and/or psychological issues examined by the writers that are prevalent in the actual lives of African American girls.

Shop in the Name of Love

Shop in the Name of Love
Author: Deborah Gregory
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 110
Release: 2014-08-12
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1453277633

Chanel doesn’t want to wait until the Cheetah Girls strike it rich to earn enough to buy all the clothes she adores, so she starts charging on her mom’s credit card.

Street Talk

Street Talk
Author: Randy Kearse
Publisher: Randy Kearse
Total Pages: 506
Release: 2013-09-11
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0980097479

Street Talk: Da Official Guide to Hip-Hop & Urban Slanguage is the most authentic slang language lexicon that interprets the hip-hop and urban slang dialect. Over 10,000+ enteries, you will find the word, term or metaphor followed by information from it's origin to contextual examples. Randy "Mo Betta" Kearse proves that he has his finger on hip-hop urban street culture with the Street Talk's 700+ pages, 10,000+ entries. This unique dictionary simplifies the complex hip-hop slang vernacular. What makes this dictionary so unique is, though gritty, it doesn't have entries that disrespect woman by referring to them as &itches nor does it have entries that include the N-word. Randy Kearse should be comended for the job he has done. Street Talk documents the intricate way that people communicate throughtout the hip-hop and urban culture. Street Talk should be called Webster's cool cousin.

Literary Divas

Literary Divas
Author: Heather Covington
Publisher: Amber Books Publishing
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2006
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780976773535

These divas represent the voices of past and future generations, such as Tyra Banks, Terry McMillan, Harriette Cole, Maya Angelou, Iyanla Vanzant, Nikki Giovanni, Dawn Davis, Adrienne Ingrum, Carol Mackey, Oprah Winfrey, Rosa Parks, Shirley Chisholm, Coretta Scott King, Zora Neal Hurston, and Octavia Butler.

Cuchifrita, Ballerina

Cuchifrita, Ballerina
Author: Deborah Gregory
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2014-08-12
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1497677238

Chanel has never written a song before, and she’s overjoyed when her first effort, “It’s Raining Benjamins,” proves a hit for the Cheetah Girls. But when another group accuses her of stealing lyrics, Chanel admits that not all the words were her own. Broken-hearted and ashamed, Chanel is so low that she’s considering taking up ballet, which could mean giving up on the Cheetah Girls—for good! American Ballet Theatre is recruiting junior dancers, and Chanel is going to get on that dance team no matter what it takes. But pliés and pirouettes are no substitute for true friendship, and Chanel will have to be on pointe if she is to keep the Cheetahs close to her heart.

Hey, Ho, Hollywood!

Hey, Ho, Hollywood!
Author: Deborah Gregory
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 117
Release: 2014-08-12
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1497677173

The hairdresser of Galleria’s mom, Pepto B., gets a tip. Kahlua, the teenage R&B diva whose last single topped the charts, is coming to town. The Cheetahs hatch a plan—“Mission Kahlua”—in which they rock Pepto B.’s salon with their newest song, “More Pounce to the Ounce.” Kahlua hooks up a meeting with her record label executives in Hollywood. The girls snag a record deal and are ready to prove to the world that every cheetah has its day!

It's Raining Benjamins

It's Raining Benjamins
Author: Deborah Gregory
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 103
Release: 2014-08-12
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 149767719X

Now that the record company is going to give the Cheetah Girls a test single deal, Chanel and Galleria duke it out for control of the group. At last they compromise and write a new song together, “It’s Raining Benjamins.”

Woof, There It Is

Woof, There It Is
Author: Deborah Gregory
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2014-08-12
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1497677181

The hip, contemporary paperback series for black girls continues, featuring a singing group of five feisty teens.