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KaylaTanaka,16,ishalf-Japanese,half-white,andtotallyAmerican.Sheandhersister,14-year-oldAmberlyn,livewiththeirparents,Ken,JapaneseAmerican,andAngie,white,inJeffersonPark,California.JeffersonParkisalow-incomesectionofLosAngeleslessthan10milesfromBeverlyHills,butitmightaswellbeamillionmilesaway.Whenherparentsannouncetheirdivorce,Kenmovesinwithhismother,ReikoTanaka,70s,Kayla'sbelovedBaachan,andthegirlsremainwithAngie.Kayla'sgradesslipasshebecomesmoreandmoredistracted.ShemeetsTreyshawnDoty,a19-year-olddrugdealer,whoissympatheticaboutthehumiliatingsecretofhermother'saddiction,andkindandunderstandingaboutherincreasingdisagreementswithhermother.Hegiveshermoneyandlove.WhenAngiekicksheroutofthehouse,wishingshe'dneverbeenborn,KaylamovesinwithTreyshawn.WhenKayladiscovershermotherpassedoutintheneighborhooddealer'sbed,herlifespiralsoutofcontrol:Kaylaabandonsherdrawinganddropsoutofschool,Amberlynactsoutwithboysanddrugs,andKenslipsintosilent,stone-facedalcoholism.KaylaignorestheharshrealitiesofherlifebyescapingintothefastlanewithTreyshawn,whichworksuntiltheygetarrested.HergallantTreyshawndoesn'thesitatetoturnherintogethimselfoff.WhenReikovisitsKaylainjuvy,hergrandmotherisashamedandsays,"Japanesepeopledon'tgotoprison."Kayla:"Baachan,that'snottrue."Reiko:"Yes,itis."Kayla:"Well,obviouslynot,becausehereIam."Reikoisupset,butmanagestogiveKaylasomeimportantadvice:"Maybewhathappenstousisn'tasimportantaswhatwedoaboutitafterwards.Ganbatte,neh?That'swhatwetoldeachotherininternmentcamp.Toendureandpersevere."Kaylatakeshergrandmother'sadvicetoendureandpersevere.Shestartsdrawingagainforthefirsttimeinmonths,duringarttimeinjuvy.Whensheisfinallyreleased,she'sgratefultohavethechancetostartover.
