Fiction - Wakiem Freeman invokes his knowledge of the depths of hell, society calls the "ghetto" and creates one graphic, harrowing journey for the reader to become submerged in the life of a troubled child turned teenage convict. However, no matter what the obstacles, Wakiem shows that we do make our own decisions and we have countless opportunities to go down a road of destruction or veer off to the more advantageous road. Thus, for our life and death, no one is to blame. The day Keith Lawrence' s drug addicted mother discovers that the government put five cents currency on all bottles and cans, marked the end of his childhood. Despite a horrific upbringing while in a group home excels in his school work through his teenage years, and receives a full scholarship to New York University, only to fail miserably and be sentenced to the "slave camps" disguised as prisons. Upon his release, he moves in with his brother's ready made family. Keith finds his soul mate; only to find out she's a fifteen year old runaway!

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