![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Octavia faces down the popular crowd at school and must straddle the line between protected and protecting daughter. Rodney is a precocious little boy who struggles to make friends and wants only to please his abusive father. Tasha, who is coping with the separation of her parents, is discovering the first sweet pain of a crush on a tough but tender boy named Jashante from the rough side of town. Tasha, Rodney and Octavia each has a unique voice and story and each is struggling to find a path through the turmoil. This haunting menace provides a powerful backdrop to the stories of three young children fighting the painful everyday battle of adolescence. By the time this heinous killing spree was over, 29 children were dead. In the summer of 1979 black children were disappearing from the streets of Atlanta. ![]()
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