I don’t ever post but I’ve ‘lost’ a book here that I was absolutely in love with and I can no longer find it.
If any of you remember the name or can share it with me somehow, because it has moved sites or profiles I would appreciate SO much.
Story:
It’s set during the desegregation of America in a small city in New Jersey. It follows an African-American girl named Tia and a Irish-American boy, whose name I have forgotten. Tia is the daughter of a preacher or a pastor of some kind and has recently moved to New Jersey from the south. She is cousins with the town’s Black Gang called the Warriors, or something similar. The boy (who maybe named Brady) is a mechanic at a small car shop and lives with his single mother. He, reluctantly, becomes leader of a newer white gang called The H-Birds. They both go to the same high school and end up falling in love with each other when they are forced to do a project together.
There’s more to the story but I don’t want to reveal the whole story in case someone else wants to read it. I believe it was called Hummingbirds or H-Birds or something.
Thank you so much for any help.