The Coldest Winter Ever

Jasmine Mapp

03/26/09

1st period

The coldest Winter Ever

Right now i am reading a book called the coldest winter ever. This book is about a young girl named Winter Santiaga who has lived her whole life in Brooklyn as the duaghter of Mr. Santiaga the most wealthy drug dealer in brooklyn. She was spoiled all her life and had three little sisters named Porsha, Mersaudes, and Lexis. while in Brooklyn she fell in love with one of her fathers workers named Midnight. It was something about him that she loved so much but he wouldnt give her the time of day and that made her mad seeing as to she could have any man she wanted in Brooklyn. When her father made enough money Winters family moved to Long Island in near the Hamptons to get away from the dangers of Brooklyn. Winter didnt like it up there so she did everything in her power to get back to her thrown as the Queen of Brooklyn. One the morning of her mothers birthday she heard her mother screaming at her father and this was very weird because normally her mother didnt raise her voice because she sad that you should always let a man think that he was in charge and not the other way around, but in this case she wanted that new car for her birthday. So they went out to get it and while they were out her mother got shot in the face. She didnt die but she stayed at home for a very long time. But to make a long story short, her father got caught, they lost the house, her mother stared doing drugs, her little sisters are in adption home, and she is living with a women who helps teenagers get their lives back on track but she doesnt want anyones help if she cant do it on her own.