Jamal and Calvin are brothers, they live life with an absent father and a busy hard working mother.
Jamal being the oldest (17) and Calvin being the youngest (13)
leaves Jamal to look after Calvin not only as his big brother but as if he were his father, and also his mothers second pair of eyes considering she is at work 24/7 Jamal's job is to keep his little brother off of the troubled streets of Oakland,CA
But when Jamal takes his main focus off of Calvin because of an "innocent" girl named Chanel how can Jamal fix his mistake of taking his eye off Calvin before its to late? & what will happen with his relationship with Chanel? what dark secrets is she hiding? & how will Jamal's own life take a turn for the worse?
Sex,Money,Drugs, & Gangs take over friendships,family relationships, for the worst in the sticky streets of Oakland,California
follow Jamal in this urban ghetto life lesson story, every chapter you'll feel like your a character in the book yourself.
Elliot Jensen and Elliot Fintry have a lot in common. They share the same name, the same house, the same school, oh and they hate each other but, as they will quickly learn, there is a fine line between love and hate.