Dr. Cherrell Shelley-Robinson is a Jamaican and a former Senior Lecturer specializing in young people’s literature at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica. She is a leading expert on indigenous literature for Caribbean youths as well as being a creative writer. She has won several local awards for her children's stories and this is her first full-length novel for adolescents. Dr. Shelley-Robinson sets out to make her stories universally appealing while at the same time communicating a strong sense of the Caribbean culture from which they come.
Tara has waited patiently to become a teenager and eagerly wants to be included in family matters. At her age, she believes she should be privy to the world of adults. When her parents are not forthcoming in including her in family matters, Tara embarks on a course of action with near-disastrous results.