Title: Hallway Diaries
Subtitle: How To Be Down\Double Act\The Summer She Learned To Dance (Kimani Tru)
Description: Three girls. Three high schools. Three gotta-read stories. How To Be Down by Felicia Pride When Nina Parker decides to straighten her Afro, lose her valley-girl accent and get a total makeover for her new school in the hood, the cutest guy notices -- yes! But so does the meanest girl, Vivica, queen bee of her crew, who wants Jeffrey for herself.  Double Act by Debbie Rigaud  In the hood, Mia Chambers is 'the smart girl,' but at her prestigious new prep school she hardly stands out. So Mia does what it takes -- only to be accused of selling out by her old friends!  The Summer She Learned To Dance by Karen Valentin  At first, Giselle Johnson hates spending the summer with her cousin from the Dominican Republic. But she soon starts loving the island and even learns to dance to her own rhythm. That is, until her cousin attracts Giselle's high school crush...
Subjects: African-American, Fiction, Young Adult Fiction, American Young adult fiction, Conduct of life, Schools, African American high school students, Short stories