Description
Seventen-year-old Anthony “Spoon” Witherspoon is returning to Harlem after seven months at an exclusive prep school. He never wanted to leave the city within the first place–especially to not walk the hallowed halls of a most commonly white New England school. But now that Spoon is back home, he realizes how much he is come to depend on his prep-school friends and routine. And the only thing he is taking a look forward to most–seeing his girlfriend, Gabi–brings him the greatest shock. When he left, Gabi was once a vibrant young poet. Now she’s a thin, wasted drug addict. Can Spoon assist her find her way again?