the right side of reckless by whitney d grandison

Instead, she invites readers to live their own lives-even if that means breaking rules and crossing boundaries established by others. Through her character’s stories, Grandison encourages readers to reject the temptation to passively accept the programming of other people’s molding. She sees Guillermo as mature, safe, and respectful, but he’s out of bounds.Īlong with a cast of other characters, Regan’s younger brother, Avery, and Guillermo’s sister, Yesenia, play key supporting roles in Grandison’s plot.

While her father’s dream is grooming Regan to live up to an image he has for her to become Troy’s accountant when he goes pro, Regan has to discover what she wants. Not wanting to disappoint her father, who loves football, accounting, and Troy, Regan goes along with her father’s dream that she become an accountant. And when he grows persistent about having sex, Regan resists.

His fan base contributes to his arrogance, however. Although Troy oscillates between sweet and stubborn, he is handsome and talented. She dates the school’s star running back, Troy Jordan. Regan is sixteen and trying to find “her thing.” Shy, sheltered, and vulnerable, she allows people like her father and her boyfriend to make decisions for her. Gloria explicitly tells Guillermo that her daughter is off-limits. With his probation on the line, Guillermo has to learn that violence can’t always be the answer, even when catcalling and other forms of bullying challenge his resolve. Established to teach juvenile offenders patience, responsibility, accountability, and respect, the Respect program has the goal of rehabilitating probationers.

Because of trouble with Tynesha, an old girlfriend, Guillermo vows to avoid girls, but he soon finds himself wanting to protect his neighbor and fellow worker, Regan London, as well as a tough and resilient girl at school, Jenaya Omar, who calls him Lethal Weapon.įurther complicating the issue, Regan’s mother, Gloria, is Guillermo’s supervisor at the Briar Park Community Center where he is performing his community service hours. Although he has anger issues, Guillermo is determined to shed his reputation as a wild, fearless, and selfish delinquent to find a new life and a sense of belonging in Briar Pointe and at Arlington High School. On probation for assault, seventeen-year-old Guillermo Lozano calls himself the Patron Saint of Fuckups. Set in Akron, Ohio, this latest work features several characters to which readers might relate as well as multiple morals about authoring our own life stories and the power of revision and second chances in that process. Grandison has written a new book entitled The Right Side of Reckless. The author of A Love Hate Thing, Whitney D.

The right side of reckless by whitney d grandison