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Simone (If I Was Your Girl) is one of a handful of authors writing for an African American teenage audience, and her latest work will resonate with many of her fans. The novel begins in 1985 and 12-year-old Isis Carter, unwanted by her prostitute mother and her drunk father, is coping with life in Da Bricks, her violent Newark, NJ, housing project. Da Bricks is a tough village failing to raise this child. When her br...Log In or Sign Up to Read More