E-grāmata: When You Look Like Us

&;A high-speed story that will draw teens in and keep them turning pages until they reach the unpredictable and thrilling ending. A must for YA collections.&; (School Library Journel)

A timely, gripping teen novel about a boy who must take up the search for his sister when she goes missing from a neighborhood where black girls&; disappearances are too often overlooked, from debut author Pamela Harris. Perfect for fans of Jason Reynolds and Tiffany D. Jackson.

When you look like us&;brown skin, brown eyes, black braids or fades&;everyone else thinks you&;re trouble. No one even blinks twice over a missing black girl from public housing because she must&;ve brought whatever happened to her upon herself. I, Jay Murphy, can admit that, for a minute, I thought my sister Nicole just got caught up with her boyfriend&;a drug dealer&;and his friends. But she&;s been gone too long. Nic, where are you?

If I hadn&;t hung up on her that night, she would be at our house, spending time with Grandma.

If I was a better brother, she&;d be finishing senior year instead of being another name on a missing persons list.

It&;s time to step up, to do what the Newport News police department won&;t.

Bring her home.