Kwame Ivery

A searing YA debut that follows the joys, complexities, and heartbreaks of an interracial romance between high school sophomores that blossoms during a volatile school election Uly would rather watch old Westerns with his new girlfriend, Sallie, than get involved in his school's politics-why focus on the "bad" and "ugly" when his days with Sallie are so good? His older sister Regina feels differently.
She is fed up with the way white school-body presidential candidate Leona Walls talks about Black students. Regina decides to run against Leona .