Fish and Grits

Narrated in the voice of her younger sister, Fish and Grits chronicles the life of Kayla Johnson, an African American girl, who is determined to find redemption from abuse for herself and her siblings. After the death of her father, fourteen-year-old Kayla takes on the responsibility of raising three younger brothers and a sister while struggling to survive the “concrete jungle” they call home.Kayla, who will do anything to save her siblings from suffering, comes up with a plan to keep them together amidst the challenges of poverty, governmental interference, and a drug-addicted mother. When one of the eight-year-old twin boys begins to set deadly fires and is saved from the police by their bank-robbing neighbor, Kayla finds in him a friend and confidant.Their lives continued to unravel after their mother is killed, but Aunt Charlie, their gay, ex-Marine Corp uncle, arrives just in time to rescue the family and to show Kayla that true parental love really does exist.