Justin and Sean are best friends and sixth graders growing up in the Red Hook projects in Brooklyn. It's a tough place to live, with plenty of gang violence and drug use, but few fathers present. Sean's a tough kid, dissing everyone that disses him, fighting with his words, not his hands. But after he starts mysteriously disappearing with his mother early on Saturday mornings, his attitude toward Justin, school, and life in general starts to change. What's he doing on those secret Saturdays?
This book offers a good look at what kids growing up in the inner city have to deal with, and offers them some options in managing the tough situations.
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