When We Was Fierce
2016
First Published
3.14
Average Rating
400
Number of Pages
Fifteen-year-old Theo isn't looking for trouble, but when he and his friends witness a brutal attack on Ricky – Ricky, an innocent boy who doesn't know better than to walk right up to the most vicious gang leader around – Theo's in trouble for real. And in this neighborhood, everything is at stake. In a poignant, unflinching novel of survival told largely in street dialect, E.E. Charlton-Trujillo enters the lives of teenagers coming of age in the face of spiraling violence among gangs, by police, and at home.
Avg Rating
3.14
Number of Ratings
87
5 STARS
28%
4 STARS
20%
3 STARS
16%
2 STARS
13%
1 STARS
24%
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Author
E.E. Charlton-Trujillo
Author · 10 books
The author/filmmaker deemed rockstar by the kids she meets won the prestigious Delacorte Dell Yearling Award, Parents' Choice Silver Honor, National Council For The Social Studies Notable Book and the NY Public Library List for Teens for PRIZEFIGHTER EN MI CASA. FEELS LIKE HOME received critical praise, but it was FAT ANGIE that generated buzz from The New York Times Bestselling Author Gregory Maguire and Ellen Hopkins. Winner of the Stonewall Award, the ALA Rainbow List, Westchester Fiction Award and a Choose To Read Ohio Book, FAT ANGIE garnered starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and School Library Journal. Her trek across America to hold free writing workshops with youth on the fringe is the focus of the documentary At-Risk Summer. Her highly anticipated novel Fat Angie: Rebel Girl Revolution releases March 5, 2019.
