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In "Tyler Johnson was here," twin brothers Marvin and Tyler face the dangers of a night out. Marvin, concerned, joins Tyler at a party. What seems like a harmless gathering quickly erupts into a police‑fired incident.
The event unfolds during a police raid, thrusting the brothers—and their single‑parent family—into a crisis of grief, racism, and the harsh realities of police shootings. The novel captures the emotional fallout and the fragile bonds that survive in the aftermath.
First publish date: 2018
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Jay Coles
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