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Seventeen‑year‑old Blade is torn between his own moving past and the present challenges that loom, including his former rockstar father’s addictions, scathing tabloid rumors, and a protected secret that threatens his own identity.
First publish date: 2017
Genre: Young Adult Fiction/YA Contemporary Fiction
Authors: Kwame Alexander
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