Petrus, Junauda

"A vision of a world where community care and safety are not the jobs of police, based on a protest poem written by Petrus after the police officer who killed Michael Brown was not charged"--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 distinct and irresistible voices, Junauda Petrus s bold and lyrical debut is the story of two black girls from very different backgrounds finding love and happiness in a world that seems determined to deny them both.

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.