Kid B

“Me and Trick hung back and let Vance stay out front. Trick scoped me like, ‘Is Vance loco?’ Usually after a good scrap, after a fight we’d won, we’d all be amped. but this time was diff. none of us knew how bad Vance’s hurt Peanut. And none of us wanted to think on it. If Vance had just stopped pile-driving before he knocked him out, then we could have been celebrating. instead, it was like we all had headaches trying not to think about it. B-boying is the only thing seventeen-year-old Kid B has ever been any good at-but that’s nothin’ to floss about in his racially charged eastern Texas town. He’s been called ‘wigger’ and ‘jigaboo,’, but race doesn’t matter to Kid. Or his krew. What matters is that they represent at the upcoming Throw Down-one of the most cutthroat hip-hop dance competitions in the nation-and that they hold their own against rivals Magno Clique, the roughest gang of b-boyers in town. Over a hot summer, friendly challenges between the two gangs turn bloody. And though he’s just trying to keep it together with his messed-up family, his friends, and his new girlfriend, Kid is forced to figure out the next steps in his life.” — Back Cover.