Your Corner Dark (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781534460713)

"One of those tales that ties you up, turns you inside-out, wrings you like a wet cloth." --Jason Reynolds, New York Times bestselling author of Long Way Down

American Street meets Long Way Down in this searing and gritty debut novel that takes an unflinching look at the harsh realities of gang life in Jamaica and how far a teen is willing to go for family.

Things can change in a second:

The second Frankie Green gets that scholarship letter, he has his ticket out of Jamaica.

The second his longtime crush, Leah, asks him on a date, he's in trouble.

The second his father gets shot, suddenly nothing else matters.

And the second Frankie joins his uncle's gang in exchange for paying for his father's medical bills, there's no going back...or is there?

As Frankie does things he never thought he'd be capable of, he's forced to confront the truth of the family and future he was born into--and the ones he wants to build for himself.

Author: Desmond Hall
ISBN-10: 1534460713
ISBN-13: 9781534460713
Publisher: Atheneum Books
Language: English
Published: 01/19/2021
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.50w x 1.50d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.7
Point Value: 13
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 521701 / Your Corner Dark


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2020
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 01/01/2021
Publishers Weekly 01/25/2021
Booklist 01/15/2021
School Library Journal 02/01/2021 pg. 76