fiction. african americans

Hakeem Randall, already upset by his father's illness and his family's move to Detroit, finds his anger reaching a boiling point when he is forced to share a bedroom with his moody and secretive cousin, Savon, a childhood friend who soon becomes an enemy.

When Roylin Bailey falls in love with a new girl in his history class, he finds that his life starts to fall apart. One of his friends is gone, and someone is out to destroy him. Caught in a tightening web of lies and threats, Roylin is desperate for a way out.