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Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 1 2025
Pages: 58
Weight: 0.20
Height: 0.12 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
By Terrance Ammons
In a rapidly gentrifying neighborhood on the edge of Atlanta, two teenage boys live on the same street-but in two very different worlds.
Jamal, a Black teen with deep roots in the community, watches as his neighborhood transforms around him, neighbors disappear, and history is quietly erased. Eli, a white newcomer whose family just moved into a renovated home down the block, is trying to find his place without fully understanding what came before him.
When a school project forces them together, their friendship grows through shared struggles, whispered secrets, and hard truths. As the block changes, so do they-challenging what they thought they knew about family, race, privilege, and belonging.
Told in alternating voices, Two Americas, One Block is a powerful coming-of-age story that explores what it means to grow up on opposite sides of the same street, and how understanding can bloom in the space between.
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