Nicholas McCane
This book is about a 12-year-old girl named Felicia (FeFe) Stevens and her three friends Stacia, Precious, and the new friend Tonya. Most of this book takes place in Chicago during the summer of 1999, but will later show how she ended up. The location being the notorious Robert Taylor projects just before their demolition. The book shows how each girl’s summer differed completely from one another. This book is raw. The Author Toya Wolfe doesn’t hold back giving you front row seats into these drug and gang infested buildings. This should be a gut punch to city officials.
My mother grew up in these projects, and I was born and raised about a mile west of them. The 1990s were the most violent decade in Chicago. I have terrible memories of this place, and Chicago as a whole. The author brought me back. I grew up on these streets. I had to take breaks while reading just to reflect.
What I liked most is that it was from a female’s POV. I was one of those troubled youths that played in the streets. It was extremely violent for little boys. I never even thought about what it must have been like for girls. This was an outstanding read!
I listened to the audio as I read the physical copy. The narrator Shayna Small did an amazing job, except for one word. She repeatedly mispronounced the word “DuSable” in DuSable High School.
This book is about a 12-year-old girl named Felicia (FeFe) Stevens and her three friends Stacia, Precious, and the new friend Tonya. Most of this book takes place in Chicago during the summer of 1999, but will later show how she ended up. The location being the notorious Robert Taylor projects just before their demolition. The book shows how each girl’s summer differed completely from one another. This book is raw. The Author Toya Wolfe doesn’t hold back giving you front row seats into these drug and gang infested buildings. This should be a gut punch to city officials.
My mother grew up in these projects, and I was born and raised about a mile west of them. The 1990s were the most violent decade in Chicago. I have terrible memories of this place, and Chicago as a whole. The author brought me back. I grew up on these streets. I had to take breaks while reading just to reflect.
What I liked most is that it was from a female’s POV. I was one of those troubled youths that played in the streets. It was extremely violent for little boys. I never even thought about what it must have been like for girls. This was an outstanding read!
I listened to the audio as I read the physical copy. The narrator Shayna Small did an amazing job, except for one word. She repeatedly mispronounced the word “DuSable” in DuSable High School.