"Features two unpublished bonus stories"--P. 4 cover.
Contents:
So I ain't no good girl -- Girl, didn't I say I don't write letters? -- The ugly one -- Mookie in love -- Don't be disrespecting me -- I like white boys -- Jacobs's rules -- I know a stupid boy when I see one -- Hunting for boys -- Wanted: a thug -- Not a boy -- A letter to my daughter.
Summary:
Short stories about teenage love and angst. Taking readers through the minds of girls trying to define themselves while struggling to remain relevant to the boys in their lives, a Coretta Scott King Honor-winning author offers a complex, always on-point exposition of black youth resolving to find self-worth.
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