Coffee Will Make You Black

In the novel “Coffee Will Make you Black” Jean Eloise is going through a very difficult stage in her life. She is going through puberty and also wants to be part of the popular crowd. Jean Eloise has been known for her intelligence all her life, but now she wants to be best friends with Carla. She has always been considered the popular girl in class, but she is not as sweet and caring as Jean Eloise. Carla decided to give her a chance to get to know her when Jean Eloise rejected the invitation from Ms. Stevenson to sing in the chorus in the children’s hospital because she thought Carla had a better singing voice.
However being popular only brought Jean Eloise more problems for example once she rejected the opportunity to sing from her teacher and lied to her about her parents having the flue her mom beat her until she had tears coming down her eyes, which had taken her awhile. Although after the beating her mom decided to give her permission to go to Carla’s party. Jean Eloise was so excited to go to the party, but when she was there she realize that it was not a big deal, but at that party boys started noticing her and she notice them as well. She finally became popular and had the opportunity to talk to Yusef Brown one of the most popular boys in school.
Yusef Brown had a cigarette on back of his ear and would wear a khaki pants and green converse. He started talking to her in the swings and began waiting for her every day after class to walk her home. They both liked each other and were soon going to be in a relationship, which would lead to more problems. Jean Eloise parents did not like Yusef Brown. There were certain things she wanted to do, but did not feel comftarble talking about it with Yusef because he might thing she is not as cool as every one thinks. However if Yusef Brown really likes her he would accept her for who she is and will support her decisions.