roll bounce » a black boy joy story.

17 year old Jaslynn Turner planned on living her last summer before college to the fullest. The summer of '89 heated up with the news of the re-opening of a skating rink called Sweetwater that abruptly closed ten years before. She learns that it quickly became ruled by the best skater in The Bronx, Sweetness. In a story about love, friendship and competition, will Jaslynn have the summer she imagined?