Seventeen-year-old Kendra Watson and her mother live in Chicago where life is difficult and unpredictable. Kendra is battling between her physical appearance and choosing the right people to hang around with in school. Any decision she makes can either land her in a lot of trouble or make her successful so she can get her mother and her out of poverty. What will she make of her life? PART 2 Seventeen-year-old Kendra Watson made a decision that will change her life forever. Will she get enough help and support? Who will she turn to when things get even more rough? Seventeen-year-old Shaun Miller has no parents since they died when he was younger. He basically now raises himself and is struggling to keep on the right track in life. Will he make the right decisions, or will his ego cause him to land himself in drama? Seventeen-year-old Janelle Bennett was betrayed by her best friend Kendra Watson, and now goes around Chicago doing violent things. Will she be able to get help and turn her life back around, or will she learn the hard way?

The first shot was fired in the dead of the morning. With the American Civil war on the horizon, Juniper, a slave woman, struggles to maintain her dignity all while fighting to break the bonds of oppression. Follow Juniper into the heart of the Louisiana state as she tries to make a life for herself in a society where being black is considered an abominable crime.

Born to a liberated slave, Iamni Percy's existence is defined by poverty. After tragedy strikes, she is thrust into a life of wealth and privilege that forces her to rethink her entire existence. A thirst to find her roots, takes her to the treacherous coastline of West Africa and then to the Court King Bench in England where her misplaced identity will force readers and listeners to rethink their opinions on equality. Warning :This book contains scenes and language that are intense for the time period.