Tracy

Tracy is an intelligent sixteen-year-old girl. She grew up in Louisiana with a very strong family. Her mother and father were very much in love with one another, and they treated their two children as best they could. After their home and community was destroyed by Hurricane Veronica, they decided to pack up and move to Texas. Tracy’s father started increasing his business, and her mother got pregnant with Corrinne. Everything seemed to be perfect, but then Tracy’s father was arrested for a crime that occurred while the whole family was at home together.

Her best friend, Quincy, was shot by police during his father’s arrest and ended up in the hospital for months. Tracy found herself navigating school all by herself. Children bullied her about her father and called her racist slurs. Dean heard boys calling her names, and he stepped in to stop...