This book was very insightful in many ways Just looking at the cover I thought that I was just going to be reading about a girl who was learning some things about herself as often we teenagers do, but what I gained fro this has been much more then talking about life experiences. When I first real...
Sixteen-year-old Keysha Kendall is a judge's signature away from foster care when she's sent to live with the father she never knew. Suddenly she has her own room in his big fancy house, a high-powered stepmother and a popular half brother who can introduce her to all the right people at her new ...
I woke up early to allow myself enough time to pack up what belongings I could. Having the use of only one arm presented me with more challenges than I initially thought it would. However, I’d arisen confident and enthusiastic about returning to my old neighborhood, visiting with Keysha and clear...
Next fall I’d be a senior in high school, admired and adored by everyone beneath me. It was also rather scary, because I would have to start giving college some serious thought. I still needed to take my ACT and SAT tests. Just the thought of taking those exams caused me to stress out, because I ...
On the countertop next to me was a glass bowl with several eggs that I'd cracked opened and whipped up along with a can of biscuits and a box of sausage. I suppose I was starting to feel as if I belonged to a real family even though Jordan and Mike didn't like my boyfriend and Mike seemed to enjo...
He needed to get away from JoAnn because his mind was telling him to strangle her to death and then drive out into the desert to dig a hole for her corpse. He'd been with JoAnn for well over a decade and she'd done a lot of ignorant and stupid things during the course of their relationship, but t...
I remained in bed, resting on my stomach and thinking about Misalo. After I’d come home from the mall yesterday, I called him several times, but he didn’t answer. I’d logged on to Facebook and forwarded a message to him there, as well, but got no answer. I was happy to see that the photos and vid...
He walked off of the aircraft and began heading toward the baggage claim area. He stopped briefly at the concession shop to pick up a newspaper, then continued onward toward the baggage claim area. Once he retrieved his luggage, he headed outside where he hailed a cab and gave the driver the addr...
I tore the paper from the small box at my place setting. “Relax, Peyton—he does this every year. Just a little something for everyone who comes to Christmas. There’s no way, once he knew I was bringing you home, that he wouldn’t have included you.” She turned back to unwra...
I was confident I’d be able to somehow make my father believe that the photo he had seen of me and Misalo was really nothing to be upset over. Even if I had to break down and cry to soften him up, I knew I was witty enough to pull it off. When all of the drama settled down, I was going to make An...
She had no idea that I had agreed to prove to Misalo that I was indeed the girl for him. When I arrived at the party, Misalo was sitting with some of his soccer friends. I walked over to where he was and sweetly asked one of his friends to move out of the seat next to him. Misalo looked surprised...