Keisha Cruz is a young, African American woman of 23. Her fast, sweet talking, perfect love making Puerto Rican boyfriend Kennan Cruz was well known in their hood. Dodging jail and bullets, until one night, a stray bullet flew through their studio apartment window and pumped threw his chest killing him on the spot. Keisha and her two young kids Manny and Sara watched his blood stain the wood floors and cried in agony. But was it a stray bullet, or was it revenge? Now his best friend Dario appears and wants to help Keisha and her family and she starts to love him, but after getting 3 years in prison Keisha doesn't know what to do. Now all she has his her kids, a gun, money, her job at the strip club, and her voice. Can her strong lyrical talent get her far? Or will that "stray" bullet come back around and claim its next victim? Who really pulled the trigger that night, and who is next? And as Kennan laid stone cold dead in his casket, who was the mystery person who took off running after giving a Round of Applause at his funeral? This book has everything that people face living in the depths of the hood. Killing, brutal murder, children's lives at stake, decisions, sex, drugs, money, lies, and the brutal, life taking TRUTH! This book is nothing but the truth, no lies, no make believe, this happens every day... I think you guys will love this book. It scares me just writing it. You will love I promise!

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If you're judging this book by its cover and title, you're already proving the point this story wants to make. Try to move past this satirical obstacle in front of you. This is a story about bullying, and like the hundreds of other books on the topic, it will show you the harsh reality of being discriminated, belittled, ridiculed for something you cannot control- how you look, who you love, or what you believe in. But unlike these books, this story's sole purpose is not to tear your heart out of your chest as you mourn over your loss of faith in humanity. Instead, this book will make you laugh and love alongside these characters. Just like in life, there will be moments of dread and surrender, but there will also be moments of happiness, laughter, and love. - Naomi Lorraine, better known as Nerdy Naomi with her thick-rimmed glasses and straight-A report card, is the most unpopular girl in her school. Even with the help of her sarcastic comebacks, that doesn't stop her from getting bullied by everyone in Dartwell High. Every day her childhood bully, Raymond Meyers, knocks her off her feet, literally. However, she can't do anything but survive the laughs, insults, and bruises high school gives her. There are three senior transfer students, dubbed the Three Musketeers: Bennett Frazier, Jordan Wallace, and Declan Lynch. All in one day, Naomi catches their attention one by one. With her snarky attitude, but innocent look, they can't help but want her. But not the way you're thinking. Oh no, not like that. Instead, it's probably the whole opposite. It's quite simple really. She'll be their good girl. And they'll be her bad boys. ~ [This story is a first draft written by a 13 to 15-year-old girl so it has its fair share of grammar mistakes and plot holes.] Wattys 2015 Talk of the Town Award Second Place Story of 2015 Best Humor and Overall Points of The Fiction Awards 2016 Third in the Writers Awards 2016 Highest Ranks: #1 Humor, #1 Teen Fiction