Better Must Come

Desmond Hall, Jaime Lincoln Smith

eAudio - 2024

Barely Missing Everything meets American Street in this "well-plotted, taut page-turner" (Booklist, starred review) that looks at the darker side of light-filled Jamaica and how a tragedy and missing drug money helplessly entangle the lives of two teens who want to change their fate.Deja is a "barrel girl"—one of the Jamaican kids who get barrels full of clothes, food, and treats shipped to them from parents who have moved to the US or Canada to make more money. Gabriel is caught up in a gang and desperate for a way out. When he meets Deja at a party, he starts looking for a way into her life and wonders if they could be a part of each other's futures. Then, one day while out fishing, Deja spies a go-fast boat sta...lled out by some rocks, smeared with blood. Inside, a badly wounded man thrusts a knapsack at her, begging her to deliver it to his original destination, and to not say a word. She binds his wounds, determined to send for help...

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Published
Simon & Schuster Audio
Language
English
Main Authors
Desmond Hall, Jaime Lincoln Smith
Online Access
OverDrive Resource Page
Format
MP3 audiobook, OverDrive Listen audiobook
MP3 audiobook
File Size230 GB
Parts7
ISBN9781797175720
Release Date6/4/2024
OverDrive Listen audiobook
File Size230 GB
ISBN9781797175720
Release Date6/4/2024