# When You Look Like Us - Hardcover

by **Pamela N. Harris** (Author)

**"A high-speed story that will draw teens in and keep them turning pages until they reach the unpredictable and thrilling ending. A must for YA collections." _(School Library Journal)_**

**A 2022 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work nominee and a 2022 Edgar Award nominee, this timely, gripping teen novel is about a boy who must take up the search for his sister when she goes missing from a neighborhood where Black girls' disappearances are too often overlooked, from debut author Pamela Harris. Perfect for fans of Jason Reynolds and Tiffany D. Jackson.**

When you look like us--brown skin, brown eyes, black braids or fades--everyone else thinks you're trouble. No one even blinks twice over a missing Black girl from public housing because she must've brought whatever happened to her upon herself. I, Jay Murphy, can admit that, for a minute, I thought my sister Nicole just got caught up with her boyfriend--a drug dealer--and his friends. But she's been gone too long. Nic, where are you?

If I hadn't hung up on her that night, she would be at our house, spending time with Grandma.

If I was a better brother, she'd be finishing senior year instead of being another name on a missing persons list.

It's time to step up, to do what the Newport News police department won't.

Bring her home.

**Also a 2022 ALA Notable Book for a Global Society Award winner!**

**Number of Pages:** 368

**Dimensions:** 1.4 x 8.3 x 5.8 IN

**Publication Date:** January 05, 2021

**Award:** Edgar Allan Poe Awards (2022)

**Award:** Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production (2022)

**Award:** Golden Kite (2022)

**Accelerated Reader:**

**Quiz Name:** When You Look Like Us

**Interest Level:** Upper Grades, 9-12

**Reading Level:** 4.6

**Point Value:** 12

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