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"A dazzling, unforgettable novel about a young Black woman who walks the streets of Oakland and stumbles headlong into the failure of its justice system-a debut that announces a blazingly original voice. Kiara Johnson and her brother Marcus are barely scraping by in a squalid East Oakland apartment complex that calls itself, optimistically, the Royal-Hi. Both have dropped out of high school, their family fractured by death and prison. But while Marcus...
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"A dazzling, unforgettable novel about a young Black woman who walks the streets of Oakland and stumbles headlong into the failure of its justice system--a debut that announces a blazingly original voice. Kiara Johnson and her brother Marcus are barely scraping by in a squalid East Oakland apartment complex that calls itself, optimistically, the Royal-Hi. Both have dropped out of high school, their family fractured by death and prison. But while Marcus...
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"Kiara Johnson no sabe lo que es tener la vida de una chica de diecisiete años normal. Con su madre en un hogar de transición tras salir de la cárcel y un hermano mayor que solo dedica su tiempo y su dinero a un estudio de grabación, tiene que valerse por sí misma; también intenta ayudar a Trevor, un crío de nueve años a cuya madre le da por desaparecer varios días seguidos cuando le viene en gana. Cuando el arrendador de su bloque de pisos...
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