Yasmine and the Million Dollar Jacket

Yasmines lost a lot in her twelve-year-old life. She lost her mother her nice house her old friends and the pretty jacket her mother left her. Yasmine cant get back her mother her house or her friends. But theres one thing she mustget back―the jacket. Its worth a million dollars if she can find it in time.Along the way Yasmine has to break some rules and shell soon have to pay the price. But during her desperate search Yasmine discovers a different kind of treasure. She learns about her familys history the sacrifices of the people who came before her and the true value of what she still has.Yasmine and the Million Dollar Jacket is a story designed to engage young readers while giving them a lesson in what it means to be an African-American girl on the verge of the teen years.