Trust No Love

<p><strong>They took her family. Tried to break her spirit. But Shanice Allen wasn't born to survive - she was born to rise.</strong></p><p>South Central Los Angeles 1980s - a war zone disguised as a neighborhood. Crack cocaine floods the streets. Families fall apart. And the system that claims to protect children is the same one that shatters them.</p><p>Shanice Allen is only nine when Child Protective Services tears her from her home. Her mother Monique is drowning in addiction. Her father Andre a former Marine turned LAPD officer has lost himself to violence and the pipe. Separated from her younger siblings Jaclyn and Brice Shanice is thrown into the foster care system - a cold machine that crushes the weak and forgets the strong.</p><p>But Shanice refuses to be forgotten.</p><p>In the face of trauma betrayal and endless obstacles she makes a promise: <em>I will not become them. I will not be broken. I will bring my family back.</em></p><p>From the cracked sidewalks of South Central to the gates of UCLA <em>Trust No Love</em> is a raw heart-wrenching journey through a world stacked against her - where hope is a weapon resilience is a rebellion and love is the one thing more dangerous than hate.</p><p><strong>Perfect for readers of Tiffany D. Jackson Angie Thomas and Sister Souljah this powerful coming-of-age novel is a tribute to the warriors raised by struggle - and the unbreakable fire of a girl who refused to lose.</strong></p>