Title: Revenge of a not-so-pretty girl
Description: Fourteen-year-old Faye, an African American living in 1984 Brooklyn, New York, copes with her mother's abuse by stealing with her friends, but when robbing an elderly woman almost turns to murder, she gains an opportunity to learn new truths about life.
Subjects: Conduct of life, Family problems, Catholic schools, Fiction, Old age, Schools, Mothers and daughters, African Americans, Dysfunctional families, Juvenile fiction
Places: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)