Remy went away because he severely assaulted a guy who insulted his girlfriendβAsia. As a white boy dating an immigrant, Remy has had to take a lot of the inbred racism that exists in the inner-cityβfrom strangers, his family and even the police. When the white kids and the "outsiders" start scrapping over the local basketball court, Remy is caught between sticking up for his friends and siding with Asia, who is now seeing Marcusβthe leader of the other group.
This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for teen readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they donβt like to read!
Norah McClintock won the Crime Writers of Canada's Arthur Ellis Award for crime fiction for young people five times. She wrote more than sixty YA novels, including contributions to Seven (the series), the Seven Sequels and the Secrets series.