Tyrell [Paperback]

An astonishing new voice in teen literature, writing what is sure to be one of the most talked-about debuts of the year.

Tyrell is a young African-American teen who can't get a break. He's living (for now) with his spaced-out mother and little brother in a homeless shelter. His father's in jail. His girlfriend supports him, but he doesn't feel good enough for her -- and seems to be always on the verge of doing the wrong thing around her. There's another girl at the homeless shelter who is also after him, although the desires there are complicated. Tyrell feels he needs to score some money to make things better. Will he end up following in his father's footsteps?

Tyrell is a young African-American teen who can't get a break. He's living (for now) with his spaced-out mother and little brother in a homeless shelter. His father's in jail. His girlfriend supports him, but he doesn't feel good enough for her -- and seems to be always on the verge of doing the wrong thing around her. There's another girl at the homeless shelter who is also after him, although the desires there are complicated. Tyrell feels he needs to score some money to make things better. Will he end up following in his father's footsteps?

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After his DJ father is incarcerated for drug dealing, 15-year-old Tyrell, his brother and his mother
are rendered homeless and move to a slummy city shelter in the Bronx. His mom's ineffectual attempts
at keeping the family afloat financially and emotionally soon fall flat, and Tyrell is forced to take the
family's situation into his own hands. Inspired by his father, he decides to throw a secret dance party
in an abandoned bus garage with a steep admission charge guaranteed to boost his family's income.
Booth, a writing consultant for the NYC Housing Authority, clearly understands how teens living on
the edge-in shelters, in projects, on the street-live, talk and survive. It's the slick strelc(