![]() ![]() Wolfe’s richly realized characters endure racism, displacement, and violence, but also experience love. After a new girl, Tonya, appears, FeFe invites her to play with them despite Stacia’s dislike of her. FeFe enjoys the summer double-dutching and running around with her friends Stacia Buchanan, part of the building’s ruling gang family, and Precious, a religious girl from FeFe’s church. It’s 1999 and the Chicago Housing Authority is tearing down the Robert Taylor Homes, where 12-year-old FeFe Stevens lives with her mother and older brother, Meechie. ![]() Wolfe debuts with the heartbreaking story of a young girl and her family during a summer of destruction and tragedy. ![]()
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