Creola Thomas

There are secrets in the hood . . .Salle (with an E) Thornton has no intention of spending her seventh-grade summer cleaning St. Joseph’s Catholic School. Unfortunately, her and her friends’ detention slips have filled a box—and emptied Principal Morton’s patience.There is only one way out for “dem Drake Street Shortiez.” They need to do enough good deeds to convince Principal Morten they have reformed. Knowing the Shortiez, that’s an impossible task.Feeling defeated, Salle and her crew walk home through the Chicago rain. Suddenly, a bright light shines through a hole in an abandoned building. Like magnets, the Shortiez feel themselves pulled toward the light and into a world b...