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Barely Missing Everything meets American Street in this fiercely evocative, action-packed young adult thriller that looks at the darker side of light-filled Jamaica and how a tragedy and missing drug money helplessly entangles the lives of two teens who want to change their fate. Deja is a "barrel girl" - one of the Jamaican kids who get barrels full of clothes, food, and treats shipped to them from parents who have moved to the US or Canada to make more money. Gabriel is caught up in a gang and desperate for a way out. When he meets Deja at a party, he starts looking for a way into her life and wonders if they could be a part of each other's futures. Then, one day while out fishing, Deja spies a go-fast boat stalled out by some rocks, smeared with blood.
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Desmond Hall
Desmond Hall - bioDesmond Hall is a Jamaican born author whose debut YA novel, YOUR CORNER DARK, a fast-paced thriller is due out in January '21. American Street meets Long Way Down in this searing and gritty novel that takes an unflinching look at the harsh realities of gang life in Jamaica and how far a teen is willing to go for family. The book confronts police brutality, "Colorism", gang culture and political deception. He graduated Marquette University with a BA in Journalism and was selected for the "Who's Who of American College Students. "He's written and directed an HBO feature movie, "A Day in Black and White" which was nominated for the Gordon Parks Award. He's also written and directed a full-length stage play, "Stockholm, Brooklyn" that won the Audience Award at the Downtown Theater Festival at the Cherry Lane theater. The play was also picked for the Public Theater's New Works Series. For two years, he worked as a high school Biology and English teacher in Brooklyn, NY. In this period of his life he also counseled at-risk teens after their release from Riker's Island Correctional Institution. As an advertising creative director, he's written many TV campaigns, two Superbowl commercials and won multiple awards while running the creative side of Spike Lee's advertising agency. While working in the advertising and film industry he's served on the board of the Partnership for a Drug Free America, the Advertising Council, judged the One Show, Addys and the NYC Downtown Film Festival. He's also been named one of Variety magazine's Top 50 Creatives to Watch. He's completed Grub Street's Novel Incubator class, a yearlong intensive program where I work-shopped YOUR CORNER DARK, a novel inspired by the murder of his uncle back in Jamaica. The novel is available for pre-order and is due out January, 19, 2021.
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