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Simon Pulse, September 2006
Mass Market Paperback, 336 pages
ISBN-10: 1416916180
ISBN-13: 9781416916185
Grades: 7 and up
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Awards and Nominations
- ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
- SSLI Book Award Honor Book
- Texas Tayshas High School Reading List
Description
I always did right by Amina even though it was sometimes major difficult to take care of a daughter that I loved with all my heart, but never wanted in the first place.
China Cup Cameron might miss school or fall asleep in class sometimes, but she's trying hard to be a good mother to Amina, her two-year-old daughter. When tragedy befalls the small family, China must quit school and work full-time to make ends meet. But the only place in town that's willing to hire a fourteen-year-old high-school dropout is Obsidian Queens, a strip club, and China is forced to make some difficult and potentially self-destructive decisions.
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