Teyana-known as Black-has spent years behind bars, but now she's coming back to a world that isn't ready for her return. Feared, respected, and untouchable, she moves with a presence that demands attention and loyalty. The streets haven't changed-but neither has she.

When Jayden Walker gets caught smoking with ' that ghetto ass' Keyshawn, he gets sent away to live with his daddy. His first night there, shit goes down with the neighbor boy Tayvon, and almost instantly, their lives become tangled together, concerningly so. When Jayden gets mugged and decides to go to Tayvon for help everything changes..

Demetria Montella, a sixteen almost seventeen year old, teenager from Northern England, who is suffering from grief and selective mutism. She's never had a good life. Even when it was just Demetria and her guilt stricken mother, who made one bad decision, and ended up being the mother she never wanted to be. After her mother's death, Demetria finds herself in a care home. Where she is to stay...until her social worker pulls her out of class. Only to tell her she's been missing for eleven years. In Spain. Not only is she a missing person, she also has a family. A father. A step mother. And five older brothers. Will Demetria take their help? Will she take the chance to live a different life? Who will help her along the way? Will she even find help?