Outrunning the Darkness (Urban Underground #1)

Between his father's pessimistic moods and his mother's ""put on a happy face"" attitude Jaris Spain feels trapped. Jaris hides his own darkenss from his parents: How hard he has to work for good grades. How quickly a teacher's pen stroke sends him slipping. How he tries out for every sport at Tubman and fails. And then there is Sereeta's scorn...