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(Professor, If you're reading this, I'm having problems with properly labeling the references. Hope you can help me with that when we get back to class on Tuesday. Thanks!)

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After Tupac & D Foster is a 2008 adolescent novel by author Jacqueline Woodson.After Tupac & D Foster won the Newbery Medal and 2009 Josette Frank Award.

Plot
After Tupac and D Foster is the story of a blooming friendship between three girls, Neeka, D Foster and the unnamed narrator. The next 3 years of their lives from ages 11-13 are chronicled as they grow and learn with each other. Neeka and the narrator have always known each other but D only recently moves to the neighborhood one summer, causing their mom's to be suspicious. However, they grow close and are nick named "Three the Hard Way". Even though she is jealous of D sometimes, the narrator feels connected to her as they both are in search for something more, even if not in the same way. The narrator reads a lot and finds herself searching for her other half through the literature while D roams around the city, for the same purpose. Even though the girls are close, not much is known of D, but they treasure the moments where she does talk about herself. D finds herself relating to Tupac's music, the song "Dear Mama" measuring up to her relationship with her own Mom who has been absent for most of her life. D's real name and past are brought to light when her Mom returns into her life, ready to give her everything she's always yearned for.

Characters
Narrator - The main character who tells the story.

Neeka - Narrators Childhood friend.

D Foster - Friend of Neeka and the Narrators. She moves to the city in the summer with her foster mother.

Flo - Short for D's Foster Mom.

Tash - Neek's gay brother who's in prison. He is also referred to as "The Queen" or "Sissy".

Ms. Irene - Neeka's Mom

Jay (Jackson) Jones - Neeka's older brother who plays ball for Grady high school and works at KFC.

Critical Reception
After Tupac & D Foster received positive reception. Publishers weekly describes the way in which the characters relationships is portrayed as "exceptional vividness and staying power". Digital Commons shows positive reception by recommending the book for individual readings, especially for adolescents. Hornbook Magazine describes the tone of the book as "one of fierce warmth and closeness".

Awards

 * Newbery Medal


 * Josette Frank Award in 2009

STUB 2
 Brown Girl Dreaming is a 2014 adolescent novel by author Jacqueline Woodson.Brown Girl Dreaming won the Newbery Medal, National Book Award and NAACP Image Award.

Awards

 * Newbery Medal
 * National Book Award
 * NAACP Image Award

STUB 3
Mens of Athens is a 1962 Young-adult historical fiction book by author Olivia Coolidge. Mens of Athens won the Newbery Medal in 1963 and the Horn Book Fanfare award.

Awards

 * Newbery Medal