Pritty, Keith F. Miller, Jr.
Pritty, Keith F. Miller, Jr.
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Pritty

Author: Keith F. Miller, Jr.

Series: Pritty #1

Narrator: Landon Woodson, Eric B. Anthony

Unabridged: 11 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 11/14/2023


Synopsis

2024 Lambda Literary Awards Finalist 2025 Rainbow Book ListConcrete Rose meets Things We Couldn’t Say in Pritty, a debut novel by Keith F. Miller Jr.—the inspiration behind the forthcoming animated short film of Kickstarter fame—that follows two boys who get caught in the crossfire of a sinister plot that not only threatens everything they love but may cost them their own chance at love. On the verge of summer before his senior year, Jay is a soft soul in a world of concrete. While his older brother is everything people expect a man to be—tough, athletic, and in charge—Jay simply blends into the background to everyone, except when it comes to Leroy.Unsure of what he could have possibly done to catch the eye of the boy who could easily have anyone he wants, Jay isn’t about to ignore the surprising but welcome attention. But as everything in his world begins to heat up, especially with Leroy, whispered rumors over the murder of a young Black journalist and long-brewing territory tensions hang like a dark cloud over his neighborhood. And when Jay and Leroy find themselves caught in the crossfire, Leroy isn’t willing to be the reason Jay’s life is at risk.Dragged into the world of the Black Diamonds—whose work to protect the Black neighborhoods of Savannah began with his father and now falls to his older brother—Leroy knows that finding out who attacked his brother is not only the key to protecting everyone he loves but also the only way he can ever be with Jay. Wading through a murky history of family trauma and regret, Leroy soon discovers that there’s no keeping Jay safe when Jay’s own family is in just as deep and fighting the undertow of danger just as hard.Now Jay and Leroy must puzzle through secrets hiding in plain sight and scramble to uncover who is determined to eliminate the Black Diamonds before someone else gets hurt—even if the cost might be their own electric connection.

About Keith F. Miller, Jr.

Keith F. Miller, Jr., is an award-winning educator, artist, and researcher who studies healing literacies and their role in supporting BIPOC communities in healing, growing, and thriving through trauma. The founder of Healing By Any Means, LLC, Keith’s work powers people, projects, and healing-centered research in service of systems and narrative change through the arts. He is an executive producer of Pritty: The Animation, and he has an MFA in creative writing from St. Francis College in Brooklyn, NY.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Marieke on November 05, 2023

Raw. That’s the word that first came to mind while reading this story set in the aughts about two Black boys falling for each other. Raw in the sense of powerful. Tough. Passionate. Unfinished. Sometimes, I have problems finishing a technically perfect story. And sometimes, a story that people might......more

Goodreads review by Juliettaslibrary on June 11, 2023

This book nourished something inside my heart that I didn't even realize needed it. There is so much love and family and culture inside the pages of this book that describing it by its tropes or narrowing it into one genre doesn't do it justice. So, I'm just going to give a brief plot description an......more

Goodreads review by Alisha 🦋💗 on January 09, 2025

I had a good time with this! Such a quick and entertaining read. It encompasses SO much and I loved the cliff hanger. I’m getting into “Togetha” immediately. I listened to this as an audio and it kept me glued for the most part.......more

Goodreads review by Jay on January 23, 2025

This book nourished my heart in ways I didn’t even expect. It did my heart some good, left me hopeful and inspired and even (dare I say) optimistic! This book was everything my teenage self would’ve loved to have been able to read. It was everything adult me was proud to consume. I’m hopeful for a seq......more

Goodreads review by Ebony Essence on February 28, 2025

4.5 rating “If telling the truth doesn’t set us free, and the only thing it does is turn up the heat, then let it at least be worth the burn.” Thank you Harper Collins and Hear Our Voices for this Book Tour opportunity Listened via Libby along with the paperback. Keith, your writing was something bea......more