Set in the modern-day suburbs of Las Vegas, this poignant novel by the Coretta Scott King Award-winning author of "The Rock and the River" is about a biracial girl and the friendships that grow out of, and despite, her race.

Kekla Magoon has worked with youth-serving nonprofit organizations in New York City and Chicago. She holds an MFA in writing for children from the Vermont College of Fine Arts and her first novel, The Rock and the River, won the Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe Award for New Talent. She resides in New York City and you can visit her at KeklaMagoon.com.