Tamika Sykes, AKA Mik, is hearing impaired and way too smart for her West Bronx high school. She copes by reading lips and selling homework answers, and looks forward to the time each day when she can be alone in her room drawing. She's a tough girl who mostly keeps to herself and can shut anyone out with the click of her hearing aid. But then she meets Fatima, a teenage refugee who sells newspapers, and Jimmi, a homeless vet who is shunned by the rest of the community, and her life takes an unexpected turn.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Speak
Published: 09/01/2011
ISBN: 9780142419823
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.70d
Award: Florida Teens Read - Nominee
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 130508 / Orange Houses
Reading Level: 4.1 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 4