Jamila Clarke, Josie Rivera, and Francesca George are three mixed-race girls who have always felt like outsiders in their mostly white neighborhood in Queens. But they have always had each other to lean on. At the start of seventh grade, they'll go to a new school in a black neighborhood a long bus ride away. Maybe there they can finally fit in. But Francesca's parents put her in private school, and Jamila and Josie discover that they're not even in the same classes. In a school divided between black and white, can kids come together when grown-ups stay apart? This tender story of friendship and family love captures what it's like to tip from twelve to thirteen, and to try to carry the dreams of adults.
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