From the beloved author of The Poet X comes a powerful novel of self-discovery and making difficult choices. Lil may be rebellious, but as her world shifts and tensions with her brother rise, she begins to question her future.
From National Book Award-winning, New York Times-bestselling author and renowned poet Elizabeth Acevedo comes a white-knuckle journey to self-understanding and doing the right thing, no matter the cost.
Lil is anything but small. She’s rebellious, she's loyal; she's figuring out what kind of good person she wants to be, or if she wants to be a good person at all. But more than anything? Lil wants to be free.
When her instinct for freedom leads to another stay in D.C. juvenile detention, Lil k...























