Way back in the eighteenth century, a girl begs Death to take her own life in exchange for her dying sister’s. But unfortunately for her, it’s not so straightforward as a death for a life. Death doesn’t tell her that she will have to keep giving her life over and over.
Starr, a teenage black girl living in two very different worlds, finds her life shattered in an instant when a cop kills her best friend right in front of her. What follows is a striking account of Starr’s journey through racial profiling, abuse of authority, and injustice, and what Starr decides to do about it.
Defamed teen Riley Ozaki attempts to rebuild her social reputation by competing with other teens in the aptly named contest “Reality Gold.” The contestants face off in a “Survivor”-type reality TV show with an added twist—there’s also infamous buried treasure to be found on Black Rock Isla…
