Keesha's House
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White Walls (CARMEN)
I Look Around and Wonder (HARRIS)
House of Cards (KATIE)
PART III: ON THEIR OWN
I Know the Value (JOE)
On Her Own (STEPHIE’S MOTHER)
You Dream About a Kid Like This (COACH HARDEN)
It Would Be Good for Him (DONTAY’S CASEWORKER)
Lord, Give Me Strength (CARMEN’S GRANDMOTHER)
Can’t Risk Taking Any Action (ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL)
Not Much I Can Do (KATIE’S ENGLISH TEACHER)
PART IV: THE DEEP END
Across Whatever Secret (STEPHIE)
Home Court (JASON)
The River (KEESHA)
Low-key, Keepin’ Quiet (DONTAY)
My Inside Self (CARMEN)
I Don’t Call This Stealing (HARRIS)
The Deep End (KATIE)
PART V: WE PASS EACH OTHER
We Pass Each Other (STEPHIE)
Making Sure (JASON)
Burning (KEESHA)
Runnin’ Outta Couches (DONTAY)
Sometimes I Wonder (CARMEN)
Do Not Leave Children Unattended (HARRIS)
We Can Both See (KATIE)
PART VI: KEESHA’S HOUSE
Keesha’s House (JOE)
Same Old Story (DONTAY’S FATHER)
He’s Got a Place (DONTAY’S FOSTER FATHER)
Who’d Be Hurt? (JUDGE DAVISON)
She’s Doing Okay (KEESHA’S FATHER)
Where’s Harris? (HARRIS’S MOTHER)
Skating Off Alone (KATIE’S MOTHER)
PART VII: FINDING HEARTBEATS
Keesha’s Brother (STEPHIE)
Invisible Shield (JASON)
A Good Person (KEESHA)
Ready to Try Again (DONTAY)
A Long, Hard Talk (CARMEN)
Light Through the Window (HARRIS)
Finding Heartbeats (KATIE)
PART VIII: PAINT AND PAINTBRUSH
The Wide Blue Door (STEPHIE)
Is It Fair? (JASON)
Shifting Gears (KEESHA)
Three Months (DONTAY)
One Step Higher (CARMEN)
Up to Us (HARRIS)
Paint and Paintbrush (KATIE)
NOTES ON THE FORMS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
A CONVERSATION WITH HELEN FROST
A NEW POEM FOR READERS OF KEESHA’S HOUSE
TRY WRITING A TRITINA
AN EXCERPT FROM DIAMOND WILLOW
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
COPYRIGHT
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