So Done

When best friends Tai and Mila are reunited after a summer apart, their friendship threatens to combust from the pressure of secrets, middle school, and the looming dance auditions for a new talented-and-gifted program.Fans of Rene Watsons Piecing Me Together will love this memorable story about a complex friendship between two very different African American girlsand the importance of speaking up.Jamila Phillips and Tai Johnson have been inseparable since they were toddlers, having grown up across the street from each other in Pirates Cove, a low-income housing project. As summer comes to an end, Tai cant wait for Mila to return from spending a month with her aunt in the suburbs. But both girls are grappling with secrets, and when Mila returns shes more focused on her upcoming dance auditions than hanging out with Tai. Paula Chase explores complex issues that affect many young teens, and So Done offers a powerful message about speaking up. Full of ballet, basketball, family, and daily life in Pirates Cove, this memorable novel is for fans of Ali Benjamins The Thing About Jellyfish and Jason Reynoldss Ghost. 'Chase vividly conjures the triumphs, tensions, and worries percolating in the girls low-income neighborhood.'(Publishers Weekly, 'An Anti-Racist Children's and YA Reading List')