When Home Is Nowhere

Quick thinker Kira Jenkins has always had to take care of herself. It was clear to her at a young age that drugs and the like were more important to her parents than raising she and her brother Samuel. By the age of fifteen Kira sees and experiences more things than most adults twice her age can fathom. When Kira and Sam find themselves away from the Deep South and on the faster streets of Chicago, Kira has to think and move swiftly to survive. While issues of assault, poverty and...
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Quick thinker Kira Jenkins has always had to take care of herself. It was clear to her at a young age that drugs and the like were more important to her parents than raising she and her brother Samuel. By the age of fifteen Kira sees and experiences more things than most adults twice her age can fathom. When Kira and Sam find themselves away from the Deep South and on the faster streets of Chicago, Kira has to think and move swiftly to survive. While issues of assault, poverty and remoteness creep up on the siblings each day, Kira's objective remains simple: survive. She soon hones her skills on the hardwood and begins to succeed in basketball. The journey towards a feeling of belonging is a rocky one, as Kira struggles in raising a growingly resistant brother, struggles with her sexual preference and finds it difficult to trust anyone. Sacrifice is a consistent theme in young Kira's life. Home is typically where the heart is, but for Kira - the heart on her sleeve follows her wherever she goes...