![]() The novel opens with Korey dead, lying in a pool of his own blood. No, Grown is about Enchanted Jones and her survival. Kelly that Jackson infuses into Grown are impossible to miss but this is not a story about the abuse his character stand-in, Korey Fields, inflicts on the young women he preys upon. Her storytelling has seen a convicted teen work to uncover the truth of a murder, a young girl search for her missing best friend, three hip-hop heads bring their murdered friend fame from the grave, and now a young woman with a beautiful voice must reclaim it after a well-known artist tries to smother it with his abuse in Grown. ![]() Young adult literature has been rightfully praised for its boundary-pushing authors and inclusive stories. Jackson’s Grown is a tour de force of voice, its suppression, and its reclamation through the story of Enchanted Jones and the trauma she survived. ![]()
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