Complex Puzzle

14-year-old Kimberly Carter was not sure why she was forced to endure the hardships faced before her 14th birthday. There were times she wanted to end it all and there were times she wanted to end the lives of those who made her life a living hell. Kimberly wondered if she deserved to live the life she was given, she wondered why those responsible for protecting her were the very people causing the hell in which she lived. It was during the racial tensions of the 1960s when the hardships within the confides of a small Baltimore rowhouse seem minuscule compared to the events of the time. Living day to day in this unsettled city left Kimberly struggling to survive. She knew it was up to her to figure out how to live and at 13 she had no idea