Lorimer SideStreets: Push Back (Hardcover)

Sixteen-year-old Zaine Wyatt s mother walked out of his life when he was twelve and he was kicked out of his aunt s house. After living on the streets and getting badly beaten up he is back at his aunt s but is angry and uncertain that he has a permanent place to live. When his mother breaks another promise to take him back he flees and trashes a storage shed injuring the owner as he runs away. To try to get the charges dropped Zaine agrees to participate in a restorative justice program. He has to fix the damage help out the owner and his disabled grandson while avoiding being recruited to a gang. Distributed in the U.S by Lerner Publishing Group.