When best friends Tai and Mila are reunited after a summer apart, their friendship threatens to combust from the pressure of secrets, middle school, and the looming dance auditions for a new talented-and-gifted program.

Fans of Ren e Watson's Piecing Me Together will love this memorable story about a complex friendship between two very different African American girls--and the importance of speaking up.

Jamila Phillips and Tai Johnson have been inseparable since they were toddlers, having grown up across the street from each other in Pirates Cove, a low-income housing project. As summer comes to an end, Tai can't wait for Mila to return from spending a month with her aunt in the suburbs. But both girls are grappling with secrets, and when Mila returns she's more focused on her upcoming dance auditions than hanging out with Tai.

Paula Chase explores complex issues that affect many young teens, and So Done offers a powerful message about speaking up. Full of ballet, basketball, family, and daily life in Pirates Cove, this memorable novel is for fans of Ali Benjamin's The Thing About Jellyfish and Jason Reynolds's Ghost.

Chase vividly conjures the triumphs, tensions, and worries percolating in the girls' low-income neighborhood. (Publishers Weekly, An Anti-Racist Children's and YA Reading List)

--ALA Booklist

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Published: 08/14/2018
ISBN: 9780062691781
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.40w x 1.30d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 06/01/2018 pg. 93
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 07/01/2018
Horn Book Magazine 07/01/2018 pg. 109
Publishers Weekly 06/25/2018
Booklist 07/01/2018 pg. 56
Shelf Awareness 08/17/2018
School Library Journal 09/01/2018 pg. 104
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2019 - Superior,Well Above Average

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 196866 / So Done
Reading Level: 4.8 / Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus / Point Value: 8