Street Dreams
Publisher
Bold Strokes Books
Publication Year
2012
ISBN
9781602826502
Pages
264 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Tyson Rua has more than his fair share of problems growing up in South Auckland. Working a night job to support his mother and helping bring up his two younger brothers is just the half of it. His best friend Rawiri is falling afoul of a broken home, and now Tyson's fallen in love at first sight. Only thing is, it's another guy. Living life on the sidelines of the local hip-hop scene, Tyson finds that to succeed in becoming a local graffiti artist or in getting the man of his dreams, he's going to have to get a whole lot more involved. And that means more problems. The least of which is the leader of the local rap crew he's found himself running with. Love, life, and hip-hop never do things by half.
Grade Level
6-8; 9-12
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; LGBTQ (Gender and Sexuality); Single parent; Poverty; Gay/Lesbian; single mother; poor; living in poverty; homosexual; same sex relationship; gay teenager
Main Character
boy
Race/Ethnicities
Maori
Family Formation
single mother
LGBTQ+
male/male
Keywords
hip hop; friendships; mother and sons; coming out; graffiti; rap battles; New Zealand
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Wise, Tama, "Street Dreams" (2012). Diverse Families. 1314.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1314