Vigilante, Danette

Sneaking the courage to speak out after she witnesses a murder late one night, thirteen-year-old Tia Lugo turns to her grandmother's favorite shopping spot--the botanica.

Thirteen-year-old Dellie is overcome with guilt and grief when her brother dies, but when she finds herself at odds with her best friend, Dellie reaches out to a neglected boy who lives in her building in the projects and learns how to have faith in herself from a new neighbor.

Thirteen-year-old Dellie is overcome with guilt and grief when her brother dies, but when she finds herself at odds with her best friend, Dellie reaches out to a neglected boy who lives in her building in the projects and learns how to have faith in herself from a new neighbor.

"When best friends Lionel and Anisa find and save an abandoned baby, the fallout threatens to tear their relationship apart"--Provided by publisher.

Overwhelmed by grief and guilt over her brother's death and its impact on her mother, and at odds with her best friend, twelve-year-old Dellie reaches out to a neglected boy in her building in the projects and learns from a new neighbor to have faith in herself and others.