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Is there greed in Raspberry Hill's genes?
In this sequel to Coretta Scott King Honor Book MONEY HUNGRY, once-homeless Raspberry Hill vows never to end up on the streets again. It's been a year since Raspberry's mother threw her hard-earned money out the window like trash, so to Raspberry money equals security and balance. And she's determined to do anything to achieve it.
But when a troubled neighborhood teenager attacks her mother and Raspberry's drug-addicted father returns, Raspberry becomes desperate for her life to change and ends up doing the unthinkable.
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Begging for Change
By Sharon Flake
Paperback: 256 pages
Age Range: 9 and up
Grade Level: 5 and up
Publisher: Hyperion Book CH; Reissue edition (July 17, 2007)