Books like The Edification Of Sonya Crane (Kimani Tru) by Jd Guilford
When Sonya Crane enrolls at the predominantly African‑American high school Paul Lawrence Dunbar in Atlanta, she surprises herself by projecting a white identity to blend in. Surrounded by a new crowd, she gains the friendships and recognition she once lacked. Tandy Herman, school’s popular black student, maintains a ghetto‑girl façade to mask her upper‑middle‑class background and high grades. The fragile friendship between the two girls crumbles when each discovers the other’s secret, and both face the risk of having their hidden truths exposed, testing loyalty, identity and the boundaries of interracial friendship.
First publish date: 2007
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Jd Guilford
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