A gripping urban fiction novel that blends street survival, spiritual growth, and emotional depth.

Rakan is a seventeen-year-old girl growing up in 1990s Atlanta, caught between her Islamic faith and the chaos around her. She's not perfect, but she's trying — praying in bathroom stalls, writing journal entries that bleed, and giving when she has nothing left. Her life is a mixtape of heartbreak, loyalty, and unspoken prayers.

Told through first-person storytelling, voice memos, diary entries, and raw imagery, Rakan explores:

• Life as a Black Muslim girl in the streets

• Grief, family secrets, and unspoken trauma

• The struggle to hold onto prayer while living through pain

• Love, sacrifice, and survival in a world that never gives