Tyrell Summary
Coe Booth

Tyrell Overview

Tyrell is a novel by Coe Booth. Tyrell is a young Black teenager living in The Bronx with his mother and younger brother. They struggle with housing and financial instability and have bounced between shelters and temporary motel lodgings. Tyrell's father has been in prison multiple times, leaving them in a lurch whenever he goes away and they must fend for themselves. Tyrell finds himself caught between two girls as he tries to find a way to provide financial stability in his father's absence. The novel explores themes of guilt and regret, abandonment, poverty, education, and self-love.