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Book Review of Upstate

Upstate
Upstate
Author: Kalisha Buckhanon
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Romance
Book Type: Hardcover
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"Baby, the first thing I need to know from you is do you believe I killed my father?"

So begins UPSTATE, A powerful story told through letters between seventeen-year-old Antonio and his sixteen-year-old girlfriend, Natasha, Set in the 1990s in New York. Antonio and Natasha's world is turned upside down, and their young love is put to the test, when Antonio finds himself in jail, accused of a shocking crime. Antonio fights to stay alive an the inside, while on the outside, Natasha faces choices that will change her life. Over the course of a decade, they share a desperate correspondence. Often, they only have each other to turn to as life takes them down separate paths and leaves them wondering if they will ever find their way back together.