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The Diary of Aaliyah Anderson by RandallBarnes
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The day has finally come! "The Diary Of Aaliyah Anderson" is now available nationwide! -Get it on Amazon.com in paperback and on Kindle. Don't forget to leave a review! -To my east coast family: The paperback version is available at Frugal Books in Roxbury, Massachusetts More information to come in the future! Meet Aaliyah Anderson, a beautiful, intelligent, ambitious thirteen-year old young woman ready to take over the world. It’s expected too, with her mom being a superstar broadcast journalist and her older brother Damon being an acclaimed writer and star sports player. Aaliyah lives a fantastic life, but still has to deal with tons of hardships and avoid many obstacles along her path to achieving her short term goal of finally making it to high school, what she feels as being closer to her dreams of being a successful business woman. Aaliyah has to deal with overwhelming family issues such as the divorce of her parents and the result of her “father’s” unfaithfulness, infidelity and a family secret that turns her world upside down. To make things even more pressing, she lives in the ruthless city of Willowsfield, statistically the number one most dangerous city in America. The city is where senseless community violence is the norm and life expectancy is low. With the pressure to succeed and make it out of the ditch that Aaliyah calls her hometown, she still has to deal with more problems that test her patience. With its realistic characters, life-like setting and dynamic message, “The Diary of Aaliyah Anderson” is an entertaining and sure fire conversation starter of the positives and negatives surrounding the millennial generation.
Black Rose (Book 1) by GenHope
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A lot of people don't get as many opportunities at success & even friendship as Dave and Bernice did. David Brewster aka Dave East and Bernice Burgos were just 2 Harlem kids from the east side trying to make it. They were best friends..at one point at least. After a couple moves out of NY then back their friendship ended, but now as adults could they respark it? A reunited friendship will change them for the better. Watch these Black Roses bloom... ⚠️Book 2: Gold Petals⚠️ All events in this book are fictional. Some instances such as events and characters may be based off of real life but nothing is 100% factual.
Chasing The Throne  by melanatedinkpen
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THAT Bitch (n) : A woman who consciously gives zero fucks. She says and does as she pleases, while pissing everyone off in the process. Synonyms : Lana "La" Harris
Should I? [S4S Short Story] by GxldSoul
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...."The girls turned their backs to the crowd and held hands. They both told each other "I love you and I'll meet you at the gates." Within seconds of a moment like this. Gasp and screams came from everyone watching. They both fell back and held hands all the way down. All you could hear was bones and concrete meeting each other. Many people cried as they witnessed such tragedy. Only if they knew..the other side brought a better life. Two young women in love with each other, but hurt in this cruel world...sought happiness within the afterlife. Should I?...It's no longer a question." ~Completed - 1/26/2017 ~Edited and Re-uploaded - 8/9/18
Pedestal by -oldschool
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This story will be stud4stud‼️ So, don't play yourself and read it if you know you not with it‼️ When you place someone on a high pedestal, you're bound to be disappointed. But just how disappointed do you need to be to stop glorifying them? cover by - @omoovoxo - updated weekly
Accepted  by DiaTheLit
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My works #12 //. Part One : All I've ever wanted was to be Accepted, rather by others close to me or even just my mom. Part Two : It's just some things in life that you have to learn to accept, whether it's disapproval from ones close to you, a person you thought you loved or a person you used to call a friend. • • • DiaTheLit™ ©2016 all copyrights reserved
Attention Whore  by TasiaBryantJordan
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Arielle was a good girl nonetheless. Got good grades in school, yearned to get a higher education and would help anyone in need. In the world we live in, most girls like this are look past upon....and not interesting. Arielle was not only invisible, but bullied because of the way she looked physically. But what happens when the invisible becomes visible...or in modern terms "Glo' up". How will Arielle's life and image change? How will people change their attitudes towards her? But most importantly... Will it be for the better? Or turn her into a monster? Let's read and see.
Savage Black {Urban} by 400_SoKold
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Savage Black was born and raised in Harlem, New York for half her life. After her father passes away from Parkinson's Disease, two months later her mother loses her job. Now at the age 21 struggling to make ends meet, Savage tries to make her dreams of becoming a poet come true. Her mother however, wants her to go to college to pursue a "real" career. Poetry was just a hobby in her mother's eyes, but to Savage poetry is a way of life. After finding her father's journal and letters, a lot of things unfold to her. Like her neighbor Avant and his suspicious ways, a man that shows up at her job looking for her, and the men that flock towards her widow mother. Savage tries to tell the people closest to her that her father might be trying to warn her about something, but no one will believe her. They thinks she's hallucinating just like her father did when he was sick, but she can feel the vibes around her. This is the life of Savage Black...
Child's Play  by GxldSoul
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Life for Wynter was difficult. Many people didn't take her seriously and some even bullied her. You would think that a stud like her would be aggressive but she was far from that. Many girls made fun of her after Wynter would take a beating from the most weakest people. Everyone seen her as a immature person who was an outcast. She couldn't help it. You see, Wynter grew up a happy child. She loved to play outside, eat food, and watch tv. She was bullied in school her whole life and only had 1 friend. At the age of twelve, Her mother noticed she wouldn't grow out of child like habits. As in playing with cars, watching shows for toddlers, and talking like a child nonetheless acting like one. Her mom though she was just stuck on her childhood but no... Wynter is now 17 and she still has child like tendencies. She has episodes of either having a child's mentality or acting her age. This is A Child's Play for love.
Her Eyes by UrbanQueen
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Texas born twins Cilia and Iris Hunter were brought to Brooklyn, New York and given up for adoption at the age of one. But their foster mother Ms. Pat never cared about them and only adopted the twins for a check from the government, leaving Cilia, the more feisty and braver twin to raise her sister, Iris. At ten the girls meet a boy named Allele Coleman, just as snappish and street savvy as Cilia. The girls soon learn that Allele too also goes through trouble in his own home. So the three quickly decide to run away together where they live on the streets for years with mostly Cilia and Allele protecting Iris, until an incident causes Cilia to get incarcerated, separating her from the only family she ever knew. When she comes out several years later and finds Iris and Allele, it's no surprise that she finds out the weaker of the group, Iris is sick. She's blind. Iris is told the only way her vision can be restored is through surgery. With a newfound attitude from prison, Cilia will stop at nothing to help her sister. Cilia and Allele go on a mission that requires $150,000 dollars in order to restore...her eyes. Cover by: @dragology