How could someone be so cold hearted one day and the next be so in-love ? When Skye Imani Best , a kinky-haired black girl , moves to a different part of town with her mother , she finds herself in more trouble than ever before. Back at her former school , she was known as a " savage" because she had a zero tolerance for people . But now at this new , prestigious school , she realizes she's not as heartless as she once were.