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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INDIGO SUMMER by Monica McKayhan
Fifteen-year-old Indigo Summer’s world finally seems to be going in the right direction: She hooks up with the star linebacker on the high-school football team, gets a date for homecoming and makes the high-school dance squad all in the same week. But sometimes things are just too good to be true. After football star Quincy [...]
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SUMMER OF SECRETS by Paul Langan
Posted by Daniel on October 26, 2009 · Leave a Comment
A frightening ordeal at the end of the school year has turned Darcy Wills’s world upside down. With her ex-boyfriend miles away in Detroit and her beloved grandmother gone, Darcy is more alone than ever. Darcy turns to her remaining friends to discover one of them has an even bigger secret. Now, forced into a [...]
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SECRETS IN THE SHADOWS by Anne E. Schraff
Posted by Daniel on September 21, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Roylin is living a nightmare – and it’s all his fault. It started when the new student, Korie Archer, arrived in his history class. She was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen, and unlike most people at Bluford High, she seemed to like him. But when Roylin tried to impress her, he made [...]
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DIRTY SOUTH by Phillip Thomas Duck
Posted by Daniel on August 31, 2009 · Leave a Comment
College is a big adjustment—but not if you’re Kenya Posey. Even at a Southern school far from her Jersey turf, she’s the one the girls envy and the boys want. Kenya’s the star of a hot singing/dancing troupe, her high-school BFF Lark is on campus—could things get any better?
For Lark, the answer is yes. While [...]
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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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SPIN IT LIKE THAT by Chandra Sparks Taylor
Posted by Daniel on August 3, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Sixteen-year-old Jasmine Richardson has a love for music. When She gets on the turntables, her gift for spinning and rhyming earn her admiration and respect. She’s also talented academically, but her parents disapprove of their daughter’s hobby, hoping that it’s a phase she’s going through. Still, Jasmine finds it hard to deny the joy and [...]
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THE PLEDGE by Chandra Sparks Taylor
Posted by Daniel on August 3, 2009 · Leave a Comment
If you really loved me, you’d…
Raised in a strict household, sixteen-year-old Courtland Murphy never had a date. But that was before the guy of her every dream – basketball star Allen Benson – asked her. She’s gone from never-been-kissed to dating the hottest guy in school. And now her new boyfriend is pressuring her to [...]
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