[Ebook]^^ Keesha's House TXT,PDF,EPUB

<div> <div> <div>An unforgettable narrative collage told in poems</div> <div> </div> <div>Keesha has found a safe place to live, and other kids gravitate to her house when they just can't make it on their own. They are Stephie--pregnant, trying to make the right decisions for herself and those she cares about; Jason--Stephie's boyfriend, torn between his responsibility to Stephie and the baby and the promise of a college basketball career; Dontay-- in foster care while his parents are in prison, feeling unwanted both inside and outside the system; Carmen--arrested on a DUI charge, waiting in a juvenile detention center for a judge to hear her case; Harris--disowned by his father after disclosing that he's gay, living in his car, and taking care of himself; Katie--angry at her mother's loyalty to an abusive stepfather, losing herself in long hours of work and school.</div> <div> </div> <div>Stretching the boundaries of traditional poetic forms--sestinas and sonnets