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Brian Moore is a straight-A student struggling to escape the lure of the streets in Brooklyn, NY. With no father at home and a mother who works two jobs in order to keep a roof over his head and food on the table, Brian is left alone to navigate his way toward manhood. With the help of his two lifelong friends, one thing is certain: trouble is the only thing he’s going to find.
Jawan White is Brian’s teacher, and he knows that Brian has the potential to graduate high school and leave the streets far behind him. But will Jawan’s constant lecturing push Brian further out into the streets, or will it help reel him in? And what’s going to happen when Jawan falls head over heels in love with Brian’s mother? Will Brian continue to respect the only man in his life who cares for his well-being, or will he go along with his best friend’s plan to make some fast money? 
Bestselling author Dwayne S. Joseph enters new territory with Growing Pains, a coming of age street novel filled with romance, suspense, and drama.