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MILES
Seventeen-year-old Miles Davis has a ace his SATs, get into college, and escape the cycle of poverty that's trapped his family for generations. He works late shifts at a fast-food restaurant, studies between deliveries, and dreams of a future with Jasmine—the girl who makes even the hardest days bearable.
Then one night, taking a shortcut home through the park, Miles witnesses something he shouldn' his cousin Dante caught in a drug deal gone wrong. Shots fired. Blood on the pavement. And Miles' face seen by the wrong people.
Within days, gang leader Kane Richardson gives Miles an work for us, or watch everyone you love suffer. Suddenly Miles is making midnight deliveries, running on no sleep, and watching his carefully constructed future crumble. Every delivery pulls him deeper into a world he's spent his life trying to avoid. Every lie to his mother, his teachers, and Jasmine pushes him further from the person he wants to be.
When Kane orders Miles to deliver drugs to a fourteen-year-old kid, Miles faces an impossible compromise his last shred of integrity, or risk everything—and everyone—he loves.
MILES is a gripping story of one teenager's fight to survive, the courage it takes to ask for help, and the price of escaping a trap designed to last forever.
For fans of The Hate U Give and On the Come Up*—a powerful exploration of systemic poverty, family loyalty, and the resilience of hope.*
Then one night, taking a shortcut home through the park, Miles witnesses something he shouldn' his cousin Dante caught in a drug deal gone wrong. Shots fired. Blood on the pavement. And Miles' face seen by the wrong people.
Within days, gang leader Kane Richardson gives Miles an work for us, or watch everyone you love suffer. Suddenly Miles is making midnight deliveries, running on no sleep, and watching his carefully constructed future crumble. Every delivery pulls him deeper into a world he's spent his life trying to avoid. Every lie to his mother, his teachers, and Jasmine pushes him further from the person he wants to be.
When Kane orders Miles to deliver drugs to a fourteen-year-old kid, Miles faces an impossible compromise his last shred of integrity, or risk everything—and everyone—he loves.
MILES is a gripping story of one teenager's fight to survive, the courage it takes to ask for help, and the price of escaping a trap designed to last forever.
For fans of The Hate U Give and On the Come Up*—a powerful exploration of systemic poverty, family loyalty, and the resilience of hope.*
293 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 31, 2025
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