PATTERSON HEIGHTS by Felicia Pride
Posted by Daniel on December 17, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Avery Washington has spent his entire life in Patterson Heights, a Baltimore neighborhood with a mean rep. It’s a good place to grow up—it has heart and soul as well as a few street hustlers, and plenty of solid families just like his. Then one day, his older brother Rashid ends up in the wrong [...]
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SHE SAID, SHE SAID by Celeste O. Norfleet
Posted by Daniel on August 17, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Can you ground your mother? On the last day of school, Tamika’s boyfriend dumps her, her best friend moves away and she’s forced to go on a lame mother-daughter trip to her grandmother’s house. She can barely handle one minute with her controlling, critical mom. But when they arrive, her life gets even worse! Her [...]
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GRACE AFTER MIDNIGHT by Felicia “Snoop” Pearson and David Ritz
Posted by Daniel on August 3, 2009 · Leave a Comment
In GRACE AFTER MIDNIGHT, Felicia Pearson, who plays Snoop in the HBO hit series The Wire, reveals her incredible, hard knock life story, one that dramatically parallels the life of her character on TV.
While Felicia Pearson is a brilliant actor in a truly chilling role, what’s most remarkable about Snoop is what she has overcome [...]
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FAST FORWARD by Celeste Norfleet
Posted by Daniel on August 3, 2009 · Leave a Comment
How did Kenisha Lewis’s life go from near perfect to sheer chaos in just a few months? Coping with family tragedy is tough enough without getting kicked out of private school and sent to the local public school, where she’s forced to make some major adjustments. New friends (and enemies), new clothes, a hot new [...]
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