GLITTER by Babygirl Daniels
Posted by Daniel on January 3, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Asia Smith walks through her life with a silver spoon in her mouth, thanks to her father, who spares no expense when it comes to his baby girl. But when he dies tragically, her extravagant lifestyle is brought down a notch. She struggles to adjust to her new life with Auntie Joy.
Asia thinks that entering [...]
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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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JOSEPH by Shelia P. Moses
Posted by Daniel on September 28, 2009 · Leave a Comment
For Joseph Flood, life is tough. Tough because of Mama’s addiction to drugs and alcohol. Tough because daddy is away with the army fighting in Iraq. Tough because it looks like there’s no way out once you’re living in a homeless shelter in a North Carolina ghetto neighborhood. And tough because Joseph in enrolled in [...]
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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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TYRELL by Coe Booth
Posted by Daniel on August 10, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Tyrell can’t get a break. His dad’s in jail, his mom’s no help, his brother’s just a kid, and his girlfriend, Novisha, wants more than he can give. He’s living in a shelter, but he doesn’t want to be there long.
So he comes up with a plan. It could save him. Or it could [...]
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CAN’T STOP THE SHINE by Joyce Davis – Kimani Tru
Posted by Daniel on August 4, 2009 · Leave a Comment
You’re Gonna Blow Up!
When an American Idol-like competition comes to Atlanta, Kalia and Mariama Jefferson (sisters who couldn’t be more different) stop arguing long enough to agree on one thing: Kalia has to try out. A senior at a prestigious performing arts high school, Kalia has a shot at making her dream come true. And [...]
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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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16 ON THE BLOCK by Babygirl Daniels
Posted by Daniel on August 3, 2009 · Leave a Comment
A girl’s 16th birthday is supposed to be sweet, but For Summer Flynt, it was the day that changed her life forever. Young, fly, and beautiful, Summer is under the wing of her older sister Trish, but when Trish steals something that doesn’t belong to her, she gets involved in a lifestyle that she can’t [...]
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