Sharkita's (aka Kita) alcoholic mom is on her last chance to maintain custody of her kids, Kita, Lamar, and Lily. Kita is anxious about whether her mother's well-being streak will end and when they'll be shipped off again to foster homes, separated from each other. Throughout the book, that worry and her mom's unstable behavior worries Kita, leading sometimes to panic attacks which she hides from her mother. Kita has also been teased for ages about her hyperdontia (the presence of too many teeth resembling shark teeth), and her mom has refused to help her get braces. The arrival of a new assistant principal brings light into Kita's life as she and Kita's friends Niecy and Chasity, help her learn to have fun -- until her mom acts out again with terrifying consequences for Kita.
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