For my #CedricQuincy readers, this is the book that made y’all love me TEN years ago. When I wrote this book, I had just lost my teaching job during the Great Recession. I was working with a colleague who not only helped me create a scholarship and literary awareness program for teens, he helped me get into a new graduate school program. This colleague helped make it possible for me to find the funding to save my business and publish others. Writing this book helped me forget the chaos going on around me. When it was later deemed a classic by Da Site and became one of only three books to ever receive an endorsement and full marketing on its platform—I’m still humbled to this day. I’ve said it before, my Cedric Quincy readers have been the most loyal, most supportive and I appreciate each and every one of you. #JaroldImes #HoldOnBeStrong #BlackBoyJoy #UCantBreakMe #MatureTeenAuthor #YoungAdult #YoungAdultFiction #BlackTeensRead #CedricQuincy #BlackLivesMatter #BlackvilleTV #BlackAuthor #blackbooks #writersofinstagram #BlackBoyJoy #streetlit #novel #urbanfiction #urbanfictionauthor #blackgayauthor #blackgbtq #lgbtblack (at Montford Area Historic District) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz011j7hkwV/?igshid=ub4pbxsx97qm