african american high school students

Kiki, Marnyke, Nishell, Sherise, and Tia, having quickly become friends after joining the Yearbook Club, find their friendship tested when Sherise falls for Carlos, who everyone else thinks is not good for her.

Nishell has been crushing on Jackson since forever. But Jackson is Marnyke's man-- and Nishell doesn't want any girlfriend drama.

Marnyke gets dumped before prom, but she plans on getting back into dating with an undergrad from Spellman.

Kiki has big plans for her future after high school, but she thinks she will want to have sex soon.

"Shy and level-headed, Kiki longs for true love. She wishes that Jackson would talk to her. But Jackson is a player and only wants one thing"--p. [4] of cover.

African-American high school junior Jayd Jackson tries to juggle conflict with her ex-boyfriend and his current girlfriend while starting a new relationship with a half-Jewish white boy.

Tia realizes she cannot rely on just her brains to prevent her enemies from getting her down.

Sassy and bold Marnyke is desperate to hold onto her boyfriend and her deep loneliness may be the reason.

African-American high school junior Jayd Jackson sees trouble brewing when her white classmates grow hostile over her friend Nellie running for homecoming princess.

Recounts the events surrounding the 1957 photograph taken by Will Counts that captured one of nine African-American students trying to enter an Arkansas high school while being taunted by an angry white mob and discusses how the photo brought the civil rights movement to the forefront of the nation's attention.