![]() ![]() Tyrell, his little brother, and mother are evicted from his apartment in the Bronx, and Tyrell’s mother expects him to support the family, by whatever means possible, while his father is in jail. Tyrell is an African American teenager dealing with everyday teen struggles like getting along with is mother and keeping his girl troubles in check, except he has a lot more on his plate than that, and a whole bunch of distractions and temptations. Everyone wants a piece of him and he has to keep in together, keep it real, and keep his head up, when it seems like everyone’s keeping him down. Life in the Bronx just got a whole lot tougher for Tyrell. ![]() She portrays a realistic portrait of life in hard times, with only oneself to count on. Coe Booth is a young African American writer from the Bronx. Her second novel, Kendra was published in 2008. I chose this book because of its more recent publication date and because it won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. ![]()
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