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From street smart to school smart : the unmaking of a street walker / David P. Sortino.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sortino, David P., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prostitutes.
- Self-actualization (Psychology).
- Sex Workers.
- Medical Subjects:
- Sex Workers.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (225 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2021.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2021]
- Summary:
- This book addresses the journey of at-risk teen girls from juvenile hall to the Clark Academy.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Author's Note
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter One: The Worst Part of the Game!
- Chapter Two: Three Months Later
- Chapter Three: A New Teacher Principal Man
- Chapter Four: Used Desks
- Chapter Five: Maya Angelou to the Rescue
- Chapter Six: Constitution Convention
- Chapter Seven: Go Easy on DJ?
- Chapter Eight: Man on the Floor!
- Chapter Nine: She Forgot Her Pot?
- Chapter Ten: She Took off the Band-Aids!
- Chapter Eleven: When Art Therapy Becomes Talk Therapy
- Chapter Twelve: Mr. Buddha Man on the Floor?
- Chapter Thirteen: Playin' the Dozins
- Chapter Fourteen: This Couch Really Sucks!
- Chapter Fifteen: More Prunes
- Chapter Sixteen: Little Brothers We Wish We Had
- Chapter Seventeen: When You Don't Have a Future?
- Chapter Eighteen: Never a Time for Coke!
- Chapter Nineteen: Colonel Sanders and Road Warrior!
- Chapter Twenty: It Never Leaves You!
- Chapter Twenty-one: Sister of the Streets!
- Chapter Twenty-two: His Sacred Cow
- Chapter Twenty-three: No Pussy Votes!
- Chapter Twenty-four: Man, on the Sidewalk!
- Chapter Twenty-five: Andrea
- Chapter Twenty-six: To Be a Snitch or Not to Be a Snitch!
- Chapter Twenty-seven: Track Meet!
- Chapter Twenty-eight: Top Dog or Shop Bully
- Chapter Twenty-nine: Can't Always Run Away from Failure!
- Chapter Thirty: GED Tests!
- Chapter Thirty-one: I Know She Has Gone to Heaven!
- Chapter Thirty-two: Pulling for Us to Succeed
- Chapter Thirty-three: Two Inches from the Gutter
- Chapter Thirty-four: The Real Game of Life Begins!
- Epilogue
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- "Inspired by a true story"--Title page.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 20, 2021).
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-40343-2
- 1-4758-6112-5
- OCLC:
- 1256238217
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