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Upstate

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By Kalisha Buckhanon
Publisher St. Martin's Press - (Saint Martin's Griffin)
Upstate
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Baby, the first thing I need to know from you is do you believe I killed my father? So begins Upstate, a powerful story told through letters between seventeenyearold Antonio and his sixteenyearold girlfriend, Natasha, set in the 1990s in New York. Antonio and Natashas world is turned upside down, and their young love is put to the test, when Antonio finds himself in jail, accused of a shocking crime. Antonio fights to stay alive on the inside, while on the outside, Natasha faces choices that will change her life. Over the course of a decade, they share a desperate correspondence. Often, they have only each other to turn to as life takes them down separate paths and leaves them wondering if they will ever find their way back together. Startling, real, and filled with raw emotion, Upstateis an unforgettable comingofage story with a message of undeniable hope. Brilliant and profoundly felt, it is destined to speak to a new generation of readers.

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64082 words64,082 words
256 pages256 pages
Lexile 950LLexile 950L

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9780312332693

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