Wild Ride

Dya­monde Daniel wants only one thing for Christ­mas — a sewing machine to make her own clothes instead of spruc­ing up used thrift store items. Instead, a shiny red bike sits next to the Christ­mas tree. As Dya­monde offers excus­es to not ride the bike, her moth­er grows sus­pi­cious, and her friends get annoyed. Nobody under­stands why Dya­monde is being so secre­tive. Will she ever be able to come clean and con­quer her fear?

As in pre­vi­ous titles in the series, Dya­monde learns valu­able lessons from expe­ri­ences with class­mates and friends in school and her com­mu­ni­ty and often seeks the advice of her moth­er in many of these sit­u­a­tions. Award-win­ning author Nik­ki Grimes once again guides the read­er through Dya­mon­de’s life expe­ri­ences, pro­vid­ing a time­ly mes­sage about appre­ci­a­tion and gratitude.