02261cam a2200421 i 4500 2638419975 TxAuBib 20251209120000.0 r 251001s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781641970075 electronic bk. 1641970073 electronic bk. MWT11997640 Midwest rda TxAuBib rda Jenkins, Beverly, 1951-, author. Crystal Clear [Hoopla] / Beverly Jenkins. [United States : NYLA, 2017. Made available through hoopla. 1 online resource (81 pages.) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Instant title available through hoopla. From Lifetime Career Achievement Rita Award winner, USA Today bestseller, and NAACP Image Award Nominee, a story from Beverly Jenkins's acclaimed Blessings Series…This novella-taking place after A Wish and a Prayer and before Heart of Gold -shares the inside story of fan-favorite, Crystal Chambers Brown's adventures as a runaway. A safe, stable life should be the everything that teenaged Crystal ever wanted; but though she knows she should count her blessings, part of her wants to scream at all the rules! She loves her new life and family…but she misses her friends and being free. People say you can never go back home, but Crystal thinks they're wrong, and heads back to Dallas, to see what she left behind. But on the way, Crystal learns some home truths about the real meaning of home. Sometimes a journey backwards moves you forward…*Includes a new bonus short story, Transformation.*. Mode of access: World Wide Web. Hoopla eBook. African American teenagers Fiction. Homecoming Fiction. African Americans Fiction. Women Fiction. Dallas (Tex) Fiction. Electronic books. Romance fiction. Fiction. fast hoopla digital. https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11997640?utm_source=MARC&Lid=hhh711 https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ins_9781641970075_180.jpeg Cover image RV8