Brixton, explosion de couleurs au coeur de la grisaille monotone de Londres. Brixton, vibrante de hip-hop. Brixton, quartier afro-caribéen, mix édulcorant de toutes les cultures, foyer de l'anti-conformisme, ennemie de la vieille Angleterre.
Lee, la nouvelle arrivée aux yeux de chat. Djibril, papa immature qu'on salue dans la rue. Dawn, blanc-bec incompris mais également rappeur en herbe. Tous les trois ont la vingtaine, et leur vie est loin d'être facile entre les addictions, les passages à tabac, le manque d'emploi et les familles brisées. Mais ça les a jamais tués, ils ont la rage de vivre, et peut-être bien qu'un jour, un jour, ils pourront percer parmi la masse.
As Claire aims to leave her oppressive stepfamily behind, she befriends Zion. Will he be her ticket to freedom or a distraction in achieving her dreams?
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Claire Olsen has had a crush on Zion Petrakis since the first time she laid eyes on him, but he never noticed, instead only having eyes on the school's it girl, Maddie Jennings. Knowing she couldn't compete with Maddie, Claire hid her feelings for Zion, satisfied with admiring him from afar. However, when a series of events led Claire closer to Zion, her feelings for him grew from infatuation to love. And despite fighting hard to keep her feelings contained by distancing herself from Zion, he was determined to show her that he's earned a spot in her life.
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