Home and Away
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In the words of Cady Heron: *double air kisses* “Love ya!” This, to my gorgeously talented #ChicasMalas, Anna-Marie McLemore (Karen) and Lily Anderson (Regina). Chicas 2K16 is where I first dared to hope this could be real. I have you both to thank.
To my beautiful mamma, Lynette, thank you for letting me spend so much time locked in my very dark, not-very-clean room, reading. Thank you for raising me up the way you did. You did it all on your own and my success is very much also yours. I love you.
To my siblings, Donnis, Trisha, Jewnya, and Stephen—thanks for putting up with me, in general, while I angsted through this entire growing up/doing life thing.
And, lastly, to Brandy Colbert—thank you for lighting the spark on my #BlackGirlMagic.
About the Author
Candice Montgomery is an L.A. transplant now residing in Seattle. By night, she writes YA lit about Black teens across all their intersections. By day, she teaches dance and works in the land of early childhood Deaf education. It is the goal of her stories to integrate the spaces of race, love, the body, gender, and sexuality, all while being a witness of life.
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Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Chapter Thirty
Chapter Thirty-One
Chapter Thirty-Two
Chapter Thirty-Three
Chapter Thirty-Four
Chapter Thirty-Five
Chapter Thirty-Six
Chapter Thirty-Seven
Chapter Thirty-Eight
Chapter Thirty-Nine
Chapter Forty
Chapter Forty-One
Chapter Forty-Two
Chapter Forty-Three
Chapter Forty-Four
Chapter Forty-Five
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Copyright
Copyright © 2018 Candice Montgomery
First published in 2018 by
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Library of Congress Control Number: 2017963798
Cover design by Laura Gallant for Page Street Publishing Co.
Cover illustration by Tashana McPherson
Author photo by McKaylyn Barth Photography