Deanne in the Middle - Couverture souple

DuEwa Frazier is an award nominated poet, author, journalist, speaker and educator. She is the editor of the NAACP Image Award nominated anthology, Check the Rhyme: An Anthology of Female Poets & Emcees and the author of several books of poetry, including Goddess Under the Bridge and Ten Marbles and a Bag to Put Them In: Poems for Children. DuEwa earned the B.A. degree in English at Hampton University and advanced degrees in Education and Creative Writing. She resides in New York. Visit her website at www.duewaworld.com. Follow her on Twitter @DuEwaWorld.

What would you do if you were caught in the middle? 14 year-old Deanne T. Summers knows that starting life as a high school freshman isn't going to be easy. Deanne didn't count on having her loyalty tested to her childhood friends, the Southgate Avenue crew, when she befriends a new clique at Stonywood High School. What does loyalty and friendship have to do with being called a "wannabe" or worse? The inner strength Deanne's always had just may crumble as she strives to manage friendships of two opposing cliques and overcome the pains of betrayal.