Welcome to Litsy!

From the award-winning and critically acclaimed author of This Is My America comes another thriller about a wrongly accused teen desperate to recclaim both his innocence and his first love. Life can change in an instant. When you�re wrongfully accused of a crime. When a virus shuts everything down. When the girl you love moves on. Andre Jackson is determined to reclaim his identity. But returning from juvie doesn�t feel like coming home. His Portland, Oregon, neighborhood is rapidly gentrifying, and COVID-19 shuts down school before he can return. And Andre�s suspicions about his arrest for a crime he didn�t commit even taint his friendships. It�s as if his whole life has been erased. The one thing Andre is counting on is his relationship with the Whitaker kids�especially his longtime crush, Sierra. But Sierra�s brother Eric is missing, and the facts don�t add up as their adoptive parents fight to keep up the act that their racially diverse family is picture-perfect. If Andre can find Eric, he just might uncover the truth about his own arrest. But in a world where power is held by a few and Andre is nearly invisible, searching for the truth is a dangerous game. Critically acclaimed author Kim Johnson delivers another social justice thriller that shines a light on being young and Black in America�perfect for fans of The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas and Dear Justyce by Nic Stone.