Annotation
Seeing no way out of his difficult life in Harlem, seventeen-year-old Jeremy "Lil J" Dance flees into a house after a drug deal goes awry and meets a weird man who shows him different turning points in his life when he could have made better choices.
Awards
2011 Nevada Young Reader's Award
Characters
| Name | Lil J |
| Gender | Male |
| Traits | African American |
| Drug addict | |
| Name | Kelly |
| Gender | Male |
| Genre | Young adult fiction Cautionary tale |
| Topics | Inner-city life Drug addicts Conduct of life Supernatural beings Violence African American youth Heroin Drug addiction Life choices |
| Setting | New York |