<p>Yasmine&rsquo;s lost a lot in her twelve-year-old life. She lost her mother, her nice house, her old friends, and the pretty jacket her mother left her. Yasmine can&rsquo;t get back her mother, her house, or her friends. But there&rsquo;s one thing she <strong><em>must</em> </strong>get back―the jacket. It&#39;s worth a million dollars if she can find it in time.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Along the way Yasmine has to break some rules, and she&#39;ll soon have to pay the price. But during her desperate search, Yasmine discovers a different kind of treasure. She learns about her family&#39;s history, the sacrifices of the people who came before her, and the true value of what she still has.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong><em>Yasmine and the Million Dollar Jacket</em></strong> is a story designed to engage young readers while giving them a lesson in what it means to be an African-American girl on the verge of the teen years.</p>