Last Summer on State Street

By Toya Wolfe

Categories: Literature & Fiction

Last Summer on State Street (2022) is Toya Wolfe's debut novel, set in Chicago's Robert Taylor Homes public housing project in 1999, as the city prepares to demolish its towers. Twelve-year-old Felicia 'Fe Fe' Avery spends the summer jumping rope with her friends Precious, Stacia and Tonya. As gang violence, police and the coming demolition press in on their building, their friendships begin to fall apart, and Fe Fe looks back on that summer as an adult.

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• Stephen Curry: “Felt this one deeply 💯 @ToyaWolves thank you for sharing “Last Summer on State Street” with our @literati book club. An amazing debut novel that I can’t wait to discuss with y’all”