Two brothers must come together to solve the murder of the most popular girl in school after one of them is caught fleeing the scene of her death

From age six through her high school valedictory speech, believing she and her mother are wizards helps young Echo cope with poverty, hunger, her

Fourteen-year-old Tree, resentful of her working mother who leaves her in charge of a retarded brother, encounters the ghost of her dead uncle an

A teenage boy must face the harsh realities of inner city life, a disintegrating family, and destructive temptations as he struggles to find his

Thirteen-year-old Genesis tries again and again to lighten her black skin, thinking it is the root of her family's troubles, before discovering r

"When six students are chosen to participate in a weekly talk with no adults allowed, they discover that when they're together, it's safe to shar

Seventh-grader Sharkita "Kita" embarks on a tumultuous journey to keep her family together while handling the consequences of her mother's alcoho

Shavonne, a fierce, desperate seventeen year-old in juvenile lockup, wants to turn her life around before her eighteenth birthday, but corrupt gu

When seventeen-year-old Avery moves to rural Georgia to live with her ailing grandmother, she encounters decade-old family secrets and a mystery

A newbie to the track team, Patina "Patty" Jones must learn to rely on her family and teammates as she tries to outrun her personal demons.

High schooler Kendra longs to live with her mother who, unprepared for motherhood at age fourteen, left Kendra in the care of her grandmother.

Eleven-year-old Makeda dreams of meeting her African American mother, while coping with serious problems in her white adopted family, a cross-cou