Pieces of Why by K. L. Going (Good, 2016, Pbk, 215 pgs, Scholastic)

Cover has usage wear; pages are lightly age-toned but appear to be unmarked. ISBN 9781338135831

Tia lives with her mom in a high-risk neighborhood in New Orleans and loves singing gospel in the Rainbow Choir with Keisha, her boisterous and assertive best friend. Tia's dream is to change the world with her voice; and by all accounts, she might be talented enough. But when a shooting happens in her neighborhood and she learns the truth about the crime that sent her father to prison years ago, Tia finds she can't sing anymore. The loss prompts her to start asking the people in her community hard questions--questions everyone has always been too afraid to ask.