Flyy Girl

Omar Tyree

Aug 2001 · Sold by Simon and Schuster

About this ebook

From a fresh new voice with talent to burn comes this brash bitter sweet novel about Tracy Ellison, a young girl with knockout looks, slanted hazel eyes, tall hair, and attitude, as she comes of age during the hip-hop era. Motivated by the material life, Tracy, her friends, and the young men who will do anything to get next to them are plunged into a world of violence, gratuitous sex, and heartbreak. Slowly, Tracy begins to examine her life, her goals, and her sexuality—as she evolves from a Flyy Girl into a woman.
A captivating tale, written with fluid narrative and contemporary dialect, Flyy Girl captures the complete feel and sounds of the streets and is destined to become an urban classic.

Ratings and reviews

🔴REVIEW🔴 FLYY GIRL BY: OMAR TYREE "YES, I'M A 32 YEAR OLD BLACK WOMAN AND I HAVE NEVER READ THIS BOOK" My #1 question before starting this book was "was I going to get the wow factor?" Because this book was very popular when I was 15, now I'm 32. Did this book entertainment me like it would have if I was 15......? The answer is NO it did not. It was VERY predictable!!! I feel like if I would have read it when I was 15 it would have given me that heart pounding feeling and that OMG feeling. I found myself half way thru the book wanting to grab my belt and go to work on Tracy because I have a 13 year old daughter and I don't know how many times I rolled my eyes at this girl thru the entire book. But what I can say is I was doing the same things Tracy was doing at the same ages(13-16) BUT I WAS NOT HAVING SEX AT ALL. The ending had me feeling really surprised me and I'm happy she got herself together. ⭐⭐⭐ 3 out of 5 stars

im 13 so would know shes living in tha hood && what not but we we have different worlds so its kind of hard to relate but this book was awsum the way he skipped years liek that this is my first"yung adult book" i've read because i wanted to start reading something of my race && stuff so yea if you want to get a feel about what was going on in that era pick up this book i recogmend it=D

This book is great for mature preteens. I read it several times at 15 but I didn't read the se quel until I was in my twenties. The sequel is "For The Love of Money". Both books were great and realistic. My life was not the same at all, but my imagination runs away from me.

About the author

New York Times bestselling author Omar Tyree is the winner of the 2001 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work—Fiction, and the 2006 Phillis Wheatley Literary Award for Body of Work in Urban Fiction. He has published more than twenty books on African American people and culture, including five New York Times bestselling novels. He is a popular national speaker, and a strong advocate of urban literacy. Born and raised in Philadelphia, he lives in Charlotte, North Carolina. Learn more at OmarTyree.com.