Let's No One Get Hurt

This award-winning novel explores a young girl's search for community and identity amidst real-world issues of race and socioeconomics in the American South. Pearl, living in an abandoned boathouse with her father and two other men, feels at home with her makeshift family until she encounters Mason Boyd, an affluent teenager with power and control over their living situation. This coming-of-age tale is both haunting and magical, blending gritty realism with a Huck Finn-esque exploration of community.