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Gr 6-10 D Foster, Neeka, and an unnamed narrator grow from being 11 to 13 with Tupac Shakur's music, shootings, and legal troubles as the backdrop. Neeka and the narrator have lived on the same block forever and are like sisters, but foster child D shows up during the summer of 1994, while she is out "roaming." D immediately finds a place in the heart of the other girls, and the "Three the Hard Way" bond over their love of Tupac's music. It seems especially relevant to D, who sees truth in his lyrics, having expe...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Two black girls in Queens growing up as close as sisters find solidarity with another in Woodson's ruminative, bittersweet novel. The mothers of the unnamed narrator and her best friend Neeka don't allow them to leave their block; so when a girl who calls herself D shows up in the neighborhood one afternoon, telling them that her foster mother lets ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

The mothers of the narrator and her best friend don't allow them to leave their block. The girls are drawn to D, whose fost...Log In or Sign Up to Read More