trinidad

"When Paloma goes to visit her family in Trinidad, she doesn't feel that she fits in. But Tante Janet has a story to tell her: An ancient story of warrior queens and talking drums, of treasures and tales that span thousands of years...a story that Paloma shares in, because her story, too, starts in Africa. Join Tante and her inquisitive niece as they share the story of how her family came to the Caribbean, through the dark days of colonization and enslavement, to the emergence of a thriving, contemporary community of many faces, places, and successes"-- Provided by publisher.

Sixteen-year-old Audre is forced to move to Minneapolis from Trinidad after being caught with a secret girlfriend, and in Minneapolis, sixteen-year-old Mabel is trying to make sense of her relationships and the nagging illness plaguing her all summer. When the two girls meet, they instantly fall in love, with Mabel taking care of Audre as she navigates high school. Then Mabel is diagnosed with a fatal illness and it's Audre's turn to take care of Mabel.

Told in two voices, sixteen-year-old Audre and Mabel, both young women of color from different backgrounds, fall in love and figure out how to care for each other as one of them faces a fatal illness.

Recreates the author's childhood and adolescence in Barbados to the eve of his departure to Trinidad at seventeen.

A young girl's coming of age is much more dangerous than her childhood in Trinidad when confronted by evil.

When money becomes tight in the McNair household, Greg is willing to do chores and work in the neighborhood to earn money, but his cousin James looks for an easier way to get the things he wants.

When Greg's design wins the contest for the mural in the new community center, he has to deal with the malicious anger of one of the losers, as well as the jealousy of his older cousin James.

Even though he is jealous of his cousin Greg's success in the mural competition, James and his gang of friends set out to trap the vandals who have defaced the artwork.

When money becomes tight in the McNair household, James forms a local gang of kids who steal the things they want from the local stores, while his cousin Greg is working hard for the money to buy things.

James resents having to repeat the sixth grade in a class which includes his younger cousin Greg, so he turns to cheating to keep up with the work.