Sharon M. Draper is een begenadigd schrijfster wier werken vaak thema's als adolescentie en raciale identiteit verkennen. Haar schrijfstijl staat bekend om realistische karakterbeschrijvingen en een gevoelige benadering van de uitdagingen waarmee jongeren worden geconfronteerd. Draper, zelf een ervaren onderwijskundige, brengt een diep begrip van de ontwikkelingsreizen van haar personages in haar verhalen. Haar literaire stijl is direct en meeslepend, waardoor lezers zich diep kunnen verbinden met de afgebeelde emoties en situaties.
After a car accident kills Robert, Andy's best friend and teammate on the Hazelwood High Tigers, Andy doesn't know if he can go on. He's consumed with guilt for driving the night of the accident after a long evening of drinking and partying. With perceptiveness and compassion, Sharon M. Draper portrays an African-American teenager who feels driven to consider suicide in the wake of a devastating tragedy.
Teenage Gerald, who has spent years protecting his fragile half-sister from their abusive father, faces the prospect of one final confrontation before the problem can be solved
Margaret A. Edwards award winner Sharon Draper is back with Out of My Heart, the New York Times bestselling sequel to the multi-million copy-selling Out of My Mind.
Considered by many to be mentally retarded, a brilliant, impatient fifth-grader with cerebral palsy discovers a technological device that will allow her to speak for the first time.
Amari is captured by a slaver and taken to Carolina, she escapes.
When the Ku Klux Klan's unwelcome reappearance rattles Stella's segregated southern town, bravery battles prejudice in this bestselling Depression-era novel.
Sixteen-year-old Jericho is awaiting initiation to the Warriors of Distinction, the oldest and most exclusive club in school—but how high a price will he have to pay to belong? Find out in this first novel in Sharon M. Draper’s Jericho Trilogy.When Jericho is invited to pledge for the Warriors of Distinction, he thinks his life can’t get any better. As the most exclusive club in school, the Warriors give the best parties, go out with the hottest girls, and great grades are a given. When Arielle, one of the finest girls in his class, starts coming on to him once the pledge announcements are made, Jericho is determined to do anything to become a member…But as the initiation week becomes progressively harrowing, Jericho is forced to make choices he’s not entirely comfortable with. And one member seems to have it in for the sole female pledge in the group…a pledge who will stop at nothing to show she can handle the pressure. But when is she being pushed too far, and when should Jericho and his friends step in and risk losing their places in the pledging process? As Jericho becomes increasingly uneasy, his cousin Joshua breezes through the initiation, never thinking of the consequences, even when the fine line between fun and games, and life and death is crossed.
Piano-prodigy Isabella, eleven, whose black father and white mother struggle to share custody, never feels whole, especially as racial tensions affect her school, her parents both become engaged, and she and her stepbrother are stopped by police.
Set against the backdrop of the 1957 school integration crisis in Little Rock, Arkansas, this gripping novel explores themes of integrity, justice, and determination. Through its emotional narrative, Draper vividly portrays the challenges faced by individuals during this pivotal moment in history, highlighting the courage required to confront societal injustices. The story captures the struggles and triumphs of those involved, offering a unique perspective on a significant event in the fight for civil rights.
As rehearsals begin for the ballet version of Peter Pan, the teenaged members of an Ohio dance troupe lose their focus when one of their own goes missing.