For Ahkeem

After a school fight lands 17year old Daje Shelton in a courtsupervised alternative high school shes determined to turn things around and make a better future for herself in her rough St Louis neighborhood But focusing on school is tough as she loses multiple friends to gun violence falls in love for the first time and becomes pregnant with a boy Ahkeem just as Ferguson erupts a few miles down the road Through Dajes intimate comingofage story For Ahkeem illuminates challenges that many Black teenagers face in America today and witnesses the strength resilience and determination it takes to survive