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Daunis Lorenza Fontaine
Daunis Lorenza Fontaine is the narrator and main character of this novel. She is an 18-year-old mixed-race woman who is forced to learn that people, even people very close to her, are often not as they seem. After the murder of Lily, Daunis’s best friend, Daunis makes a life-changing decision when she agrees to serve as a confidential informant for the FBI. Daunis loves her community and believes that she will be able to help her people end the illegal drug epidemic that has been plaguing their community
Daunis’s life is transformed in a variety of ways by her participation in the investigation. First, she learns her uncle did not die of a drug relapse, he was murdered because he was working with the FBI as a confidential informant. Daunis also learns that her brother, who she believed was an ideal citizen, was deeply...
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