Hope shines in the face of fear in this conclusion to Sharon M.
Draper's award-winning Hazelwood High trilogy.
In her senior year, things are finally looking a little brighter for
Keisha. Still haunted by the suicide of her ex-boyfriend, Andy, she
finds comfort in the attentions of the new track coach,
twenty-three-year-old Jonathan Hathaway, the principal's son. How can
Keisha not be swept off her feet by a tall, dark, handsome "lemon drop
wrapped in licorice" who treats her like a woman, not a girl?
But suddenly this intoxicating relationship takes a frightening turn,
and Keisha is once again plunged into the darkness she's fought so hard
to escape. Will Keisha ever be able to find her way back into the light?