
A CORETTA SCOTT KING HONOR BOOK Jazmin Shelby was "born with clenched fists"-which is okay, since she's got a lot of fighting ahead of her. Her dad died a couple of years back, and now that her mom's in the hospital, it's just her and her big sister, CeCe. But that's...

Her name is Jazmin, and like the music of her name, her life throbs and swings'a few flat notes to be sure, but also bursting with rich passages that rise and soar. Sitting on her stoop she fills her notebook with laughs, anger, and hope. There's the risky lure of ?luscious-looking?...


Jazmin Shelby was born with clenched fists. But that's okay, because she's got a lot of fighting ahead of her. Her father died, her mother is in the hospital, and all Jazmin has left is her big sister, CeCe. But she's fine because she has her friends, big plans for the future,...