🏆🥇🏅Winner of the 2019 ANGIE THOMAS O.V.O.S AWARD🏆🥇🏅 A personal favorite by the judges and described as a story that "touches your soul and teaches you a lesson, makes you think." Follow 17 year old Nyla Baedee through her journey of self love, self confidence, and self discovery, as she finally learns to love the skin she's in. Book cover by me Copyright © 2016 Kira Melvin All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law. I do not own any of the pictures used in this publication. Started: 10/10/16 Ended: 11/09/17

It's the year of 1992 and Aaliyah will be 17 soon, all she wants to do is leave her home which is full of broken promises, negativity and abuse. She's such a smart girl full of potential and big dreams, but her environment is no good for her it's toxic and is tearing her down, but she has a friend named Keith who is always there to brighten her day and motivate her, but things are coming along and slowly tearing them apart. Aaliyah is so needy for love and affection and it's making her slowly fall for the wrong person.

Fawn Gonzalez and August Alsina meets on bad terms. See what happens when he takes her under his wing and brings her in a life style she's never witnessed before.