{"product_id":"9780692215326","title":"Before I Wake","description":"Sixteen-year-old Ketasia (Ke-Ke) M. Singleton thinks she has it all figured out, trading her body for weed and head-bread to keep up appearances on her block. When Ke-Ke catches the eye of Cry, a mid-level, lesbian drug dealer, she finally sees a chance to step up to the next level and learn how to make some steady paper. \u003cp\u003eThough Ke-Ke's need to appear in charge of herself leads to a quick rise in social status, her temper and misused intelligence also leave a wake of destruction in her path, putting her life and the lives of those she loves in danger. Will she wake up before it's too late?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold with unflinching rawness, Before I Wake is at once a devastatingly and profoundly believable portrait of the psychological and emotional nuances of a sixteen-year-old girl in the gauntlet of the inner city.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I would like to introduce you to. This author may be new to the literary scene but writes like a seasoned vet. His vivid imagery puts the reader right in the action on the pages. will be around from now on. He's got next.\" \u003cbr\u003e-Sa'id Salaam (Author of the Dope Girl series)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Julian Foster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49977265225968,"sku":"9780692215326","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780692215326","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}