Upstate
Author: Kalisha Buckhanon
Love is always complicated. Especially when you are seventeen, and still living at home. Antonio and Natasha spend their days hanging out on Harlem’s streets, jumping over cars and dreaming about moving in together.,,Suddenly their world is turned upside down. Antonio finds himself on the news, in the papers, and in jail, accused of a shocking crime. And their love will be p….Read More
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