Everything you need to understand or teach A White Romance by Virginia Hamilton.
This is a story about the painful relationships of four young people in high school. The principal character is a black girl, Talley, who befriends a white girl, Didi. They meet through the school's running team. Brought up strictly, Talley has had no experience with sex or drugs. Didi is familiar with both—she spends most all of her time with Roady, her drug addict boyfriend.
When Talley visits them in Roady's...