Meet the Cast
Leticia
Leticia is one of our three main narrators, and she gets the lion's share of the chapters. While she neither throws nor receives any punches, the fight that haunts this book arguably hinges on her...
Dominique
It would be too easy to categorically condemn Dominique, and Williams-Garcia is not about easy. Dominique's wants are simple: She wants to play basketball. She needs it, she thinks, like she breath...
Trina
Trina is probably the hardest girl to get to know of the three female narrators. This is fitting since, though the story swirls around the violence that awaits her, Trina is kept in the dark about...
Minor Characters
AP SheltonAP Shelton is one of the assistant principals of the school, and he's got little presence in the novel. Sure, he tells Trina that her outfit is inappropriate, but he doesn't really do any...