Kiara Johnson and her brother Marcus are barely scraping by in a squalid East Oakland apartment complex optimistically called the Royal-Hi. Both have dropped out of high school, their family fractured by death and prison. But while Marcus clings to his dream of rap stardom, Kiara hunts for work to pay their rent—which has more than doubled—and to keep the 9-year-old boy next door, abandoned by his mother, safe and fed. One night, what begins as a drunken misunderstanding with a stranger turns into the job Kiara never imagined wanting but now desperately needs: nightcrawling. And her world breaks open even further when her name surfaces in an investigation that exposes her as a key witness in a massive scandal within the Oakland police department. Full of edge, raw beauty, electrifying intensity, and piercing vulnerability, Nightcrawling marks the stunning arrival of a voice unlike any we have heard before.

"Afro-Américaine de 17 ans, Kiara Johnson habite à Oakland, en Californie, avec son frère Marcus depuis que leur mère a été envoyée dans un centre de réinsertion. Alors que Marcus rêve de devenir rappeur, elle se démène pour trouver comment payer les factures et se retrouve un jour contrainte de se prostituer. Mais un soir, elle est embarquée par deux agents de police. Premier roman."--leslibraires.ca.