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Lack Of Love Interests In David Tyrell's Life

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This book is about a boy named Tyrell. Tyrell, a 16-year-old black boy,who had just moved back to Bronxwood. He does not live with neither of his parents. His father is in jail and him and his mom do not have the greatest relationship. His little brother, Troy, is in foster care because his family does not have the ability to take care of him. Tyrell works as a DJ to make money to take care of himself and his family, and he has been pretty successful at it. When Tyrell's dad is released from jail, he tries to put his family back together, and this makes Tyrell gets really mad because that just means that his dad is back as the head of the family. Tyrell has been working hard, taking care of his family for all the time that his dad has been in jail, and he feels like …show more content…

Like many teenagers out there, Tyrell has a few love interests that brings him a little pain, drama, and a little trouble. Some of the girls attempt to help him through his struggles, but it doesn't work. Tyrell's drama does not just stop with family and girls, but his friends as well. His friends happen to deal drugs as a living, and he is not at all involved in any of it, but his friends just keep pushing him. He had stopped helping them after once or twice, but in desperate need of money, he helped them out just once more and he paid the price for it by being beat. Juggling family troubles, girl troubles, and friendship troubles, is a real struggle for Tyrell. Everyone wants, and needs something from him. His parents want him to be an obedient little boy that they can treat like a rag doll, the girls desperately want his love and attention, and his friends want him to deal so they can expand their business and make more money. The theme of this book is stop trying to please everybody and do what pleases you, do what makes you happy. This is because Tyrell does a lot of things for the people around him to keep their mouths shut, or to make them

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