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In the freewheeling 1980s, tracy ellison is a smart, sassy, and sexy teenager who uses her good looks to get with any boy she wants. The main characters are tracy,raheema, and mercedes,tracys mother,victor,carl. The author of the books is an africanamerican author. Flyy girl book by omar tyree official publisher page. Flyy girl by omar tyree was a selected read by our book club.
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This was a great book that prompted me to read other books by the author. From a fresh new voice with talent to burn comes this brash bitter sweet novel about tracy ellison, a young girl with knockout looks, slanted hazel eyes, tall hair. Loving and leaving one young man after another, tracy lives it up for several years. Author omar tyree speaks of what it means to be a black writer with a hit book fly girl in the early 1990s. The title of the book is flyy girl, the author of the book is omar tyree. See all books authored by omar tyree, including flyy girl, and for the love of money, and more on.
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