Unfortunately, the tale results with the 'moral' that if things are tough with your mom and you are feeling all alone, then you should allow the hot guy at school who treats you pretty crappy to use you for sex, though not in the missionary style, while also stealing him from your best friend/aunt because in the end it will work out: They, and the troubles they face are very realistic. When Adonna finds out, it leads to a fight, and everything starts to really fall apart.Īs with Tyrell, Booth has done a wonderful job with presenting a realistic cast of urban characters. While she highlights the need to protect her virginity, they start a racy physical relationship that allows them to have sex in various locations at school and his house. When Kendra is starting to feel at her lowest when her mother doesn't come to a theatrical production that Kendra worked hard on the sets for, she finds herself alone with Nashawn.

The problem is that he also starts flirting with Kendra.

Adonna is a good friend, but she exhibits riskier behavior because of her style of dress and the way she obsesses about boys.Īdonna has now set her eyes on Nashawn, the superhunky baseball player who seems to keep checking her out. She does allow Kendra to have time with her father Kenny and her same-aged aunt Adonna, but she is not happy about it. Nana has done everything she can to shield Kendra from making the same mistakes Renee made. While that goal was met, it did create a rift between Kendra and Renee that left the daughter feeling abandoned and unloved. Kendra's mother had her when she was just 14 years old, and Nana wanted to make sure that having a child so early early would not prevent Renee from having a successful life. Kendra has been living with her Nana for her whole life while her mother Renee has been working toward a doctorate.

Kendra by Coe Booth