"Darcy Wills feels the pressure.
I go to the store for my mother , there's somebody runnin ' down the street , hollerin ' for his life , with somebody else chasin ' him and shooting . I got to get down on the ground so I don't get shot . Then I get up and go buy the ...
Madison was her daddy's whole world until the day he left her mother for another woman.
After ignoring the changes in her body over the last few weeks, Bluford High student Liselle Mason realizes she can't forget her brief relationship with Oscar Price and struggles to cope with her increasing panic after her brother notices ...
When Darcy Wills starts hanging out with "the zeros," a group of students at Bluford High, Brisana Meeks, Darcy's grade school friend, quickly becomes her rival and not only taunts Darcy daily but tries to steal her boyfriend.
Seventeen-year-old Lonnie Jackson sees the city-wide basketball Tournament of Champions as a possible escape from Harlem but fears the pressures that have sidelined his coach, Cal.
Are you tired , sometimes , about keeping your same sex attractions a secret ? Is it awful when others around you make jokes about homosexuals ? Your answer to many of these questions is probably , yes ! Now , is a good time to look a ...
This story continues the tale of the Wills family. Darcy learns that Hakeem, her first boyfriend, is moving out of the state. Then her grandmother's health declines and a mysterious new person comes into her life.
When a frightening ordeal turns her life upside down, Darcy reaches out to her friends for help, but discovers that one of them has an even bigger secret.
THE STORY: Arthur Przybyszewski owns a decrepit donut shop in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago.