Winner of the 2020 New England Book Award for Fiction!Winner of the 2021 ALA Alex Award!Finalist for the NAACP Image Award for Best Outstanding Work of Literary FictionA Most Anticipated in 2020 Pick for Book Riot | Buzzfeed | Paste | WBURNamed a Best of 2020 Pick...

Ella has a Thing. She sees a classmate grow up to become a caring nurse. A neighbor's son murdered in a drive-by shooting. Things that haven't happened yet. Kev, born while Los Angeles burned around them, wants to protect his...