Monday, September 3, 2012

The Coldest Winter Ever


Souljah, Sister. The Coldest Winter Ever. New York: Pocket Books, 1999.

ISBN: 0-671-02536-8 | Trade Paperback | 413 p. | $7.99 USD

Annotation: Winter Santiaga leads a privileged life as the daughter of a wealthy drug lord, until her father's arrest causes her whole world to come crashing down.  This brutally honest novel describes Winter's vain efforts to recapture her once luxurious lifestyle while trying to survive on the streets of Brooklyn.

Awards/Honors:
- YALSA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults: Hard Knock Life - 2010

Index Card Booktalk:

Money / Clothes / Cars 
Life of privilege 
Drug dealing
Family
Prison
Street Life
Survival

Read more about author, hip hop artists and speaker Sister Souljah on her website: http://www.sistersouljah.com

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