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Tyrell, by Coe Booth
Offender: Novisha, girlfriend of Tyrell
Crime: Keeps not one but two fake-out diaries: one for Mom, one for Tyrell. Her actual diary contains the truth about her secret other boyfriend.
Telltale line that something is amiss: “And I’m thinking ‘bout that little diary she got. Who the [bleep] is Jamal? He the guy that be writing them letters to her? And if the fake diary is for her moms to read, and this new diary is for her own privacy, then who she writing that diary on her desk for?”
An astonishing new voice in teen literature, writing what is sure to be one of the most talked-about debuts of the year.
Tyrell is a young African-American teen who can't get a break. He's living (for now) with his spaced-out mother and little brother in a homeless shelter. His father's in jail. His girlfriend supports him, but he doesn't feel good enough for her -- and seems to be always on the verge of doing the wrong thing around her. There's another girl at the homeless shelter who is al...
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