Phyllisia Cathy She is fourteen. Her problems seem overwhelming New York after life on her sunlit West Indies island is cold cruel and filthy. She is insulted ... » 

Phyllisia Cathy She is fourteen. Her problems seem overwhelming New York after life on her sunlit West Indies island is cold cruel and filthy. She is insulted daily and is beaten up by classmates. What Phyllisia needs God not being interested is a friend. Edith Jackson She is fifteen. Her clothes are unpressed her stockings bagging with big holes. Her knowledge of school is zero. She has no parents she swears and she steals. But she is kind and offers her friendship and protection to Phyllisia. And so begins the struggle that is the heart of this very important book the fight to gain perception of ones own real character the grim struggle for selfknowledge. Phyllisia Cathy She is fourteen. Her problems seem overwhelming New York after life on her sunlit West Indies island is cold cruel and filthy. She is insulted daily and is beaten up by classmates. What Phyllisia needs God not being interested is a friend. Edith Jackson She is fifteen. Her clothes are unpressed her stockings bagging with big holes. Her knowledge of school is zero. She has no parents she swears and she steals. But she is kind and offers her friendship and protection to Phyllisia. And so begins the struggle that is the heart of this very important book the fight to gain perception of ones own real character the grim struggle for selfknowledge. «