Lena Cover:Paperback chronicles the contemporary adolescence of

chronicles the contemporary adolescence of one Native American boy as he attempts to break away from the life he was destined to live

a bystander films everything

and black businesses lag behind businesses of all other racial groups in every measure of success

But the path ahead is filled with mythical trials and tribulations

but when someone makes unkind comments about her hair

Lena Cover:Paperback chronicles the contemporary adolescence ofA compelling story of survival from a four time Newbery Honor winning author At the end of I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This , Lena and her younger sister, Dion, set off on their own, desperate to escape their abusive father. Disguised as boys, they hitchhike along, traveling in search of their mother's relatives. They don't know what they will find, or who they can trust along the way, but they do know that they can't afford to make even one single