Blindsided (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780692961735)

It's been over a year since LaTrell and Daryl lost their mother to cancer. As

their Dad, Luis, does his best to fill the hole her passing has left in the

Wiggins family (and in his heart) life goes on. Moments of happiness are

shared along with challenges of growing pains. Luis tries to find a balance

between letting his kids grow up and keeping them safe. Daryl is struggling

to be cool and find his place in the world getting into his own nine-year-old

trouble. LaTrell takes advantage of the attention focused on her little

brother and quickly finds herself over her head secretly interacting with an

anonymous cyberbully. Though Latrell's friends Shajuan and Chandler are

by her side every step of the way she pushes them away. Puberty challenges

LaTrell to define who she is. Will the pressure of a fast-changing world be

too much for the family to hold itself together?