Patrice Williams was happy living in Georgia with her grandmother,
who called her "cocoa grandbaby." Then her mother lured her to
Chicago and ended up in jail. Now Patrice lives with her Auntie
Mae, and her new nickname is "Puffy" - thanks to her giant poof of
hair. But Patrice's hair isn't the only reason she sticks out: she
cares about her grades and strives for the best. That's why Monty
Freeman, another eighth grader who lives in the building, asks
Patrice to tutor his little brother. Even though Monty's friends
make Patrice uneasy, Monty himself is friendly, confident, and
surprisingly smart. When he becomes her guardian angel, Patrice
begins to think something stronger than friendship might be growing
between them. Still, nothing will stop her from applying for a
scholarship at prestigious Dogwood Academy - her ticket out of the
project and a school populated by gangs and drug runners.
In her debut novel, Traci L. Jones presents a girl with grit she
never knew she had, and a boy so inspired by her that he begins to
take pride in his own abilities.
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