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Kenisha Lewis, a happy fifteen‑year‑old with a supportive circle, a promising NBA‑hoping boyfriend, and a comfortable home, finds her world collapsing when her father announces a divorce and his pregnant girlfriend plans to move in. Separated from her parents, Kenisha and her mother move into her grandmother’s small city house, where Kenisha shares a bedroom with a distant cousin. With her boyfriend gone, friends acting strange, and her mother increasingly depressed, Kenisha confronts the challenges of broken family ties and the need to pause and reorient her life.
First publish date: 2007
Genre: Romance/Contemporary Romance
Authors: Celeste Norfleet
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