Dafina Books
October 2006
On Sale: September 26, 2006
Featuring: Jayd Jackson
208 pages ISBN: 0758216335 EAN: 9780758216335 Trade Size Add to Wish List
Proudly hailing from Compton, USA, sixteen-year-old Jayd Jackson is no stranger to drive-by shootings or run-ins with the friendly neighborhood crackhead. Street-smart, book-smart, and life-smart, sheβs nobodyβs foolβleast of all KJβs, the most popular and cutest basketball jock at South Bay High, aka Drama High. Yes, itβs a fact, Jayd fell hard for his player ways for a time, but now that KJβs shown his true colorsβdumping Jayd because she refused to give up the cookiesβsheβs through with him and his game playing for good.
Jayd just wants to start her Junior year of high school drama free. But wanting ainβt getting, especially at a place like Drama High, a predominately white high school in a wealthy part of Los Angeles, where Jayd and 30 other Compton kids get bussed to daily. Saying race relations arenβt what they should be would be putting it mildly, and thatβs just the beginning of the drama. Jaydβs first day back to school, KJβs new girlfriend, Trecee, steps to her wanting to fight. Egged on by Misty, Jaydβs former best friend-turned-nemesis, Trecee wants to make Jayd understand that KJ is off limitsβeven if she has to do it with her fists. With the fight set for Friday, and the sistah drama at an all time high, Jayd is about to learn whoβs really got her back and more importantly, when sheβs got to watch it. But at least she can always count on Mama, and her mystical bag of tricks.
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