OLDER FICTION
Griffin, Claire J.

Nowhere to Run

(2) YA Washington D.C.'s Georgia Avenue is a hard place for Calvin Williams to keep his promise to Daddy Lewis: stay out of trouble and graduate from high school. Calvin is a likable protagonist, and Griffin's third-person narrative meticulously delineates street life in one African American neighborhood and creates flesh-and-blood characters with dreams, faults, and uncertainties.

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