"...it just gets to me sometimes with my parents always yakking about how Karyn is so athletic and successful, while I'm constantly being told that art doesn't count as a talent and I'll probably end up on the streets of Paris if I don't give it up." Beth gave me a comforting pat, "At least you'll be in Paris." She joked trying to lighten the mood. We stopped outside the small dent in the hallway where the two double doors to the auditorium were. "See ya then." I waved at Beth as I walked over to the elevator to the lower annex. "Wait, Taryn." "I stopped, "Yeah?" "As cliche as this sounds, just remember that you and Karyn are individually special." I gave her a bland look, "Uh-huh." Beth was a lovely person and all but even she knew that Karyn was the queen in this stupid high school hierarchy and that left me in the place of the joker. Identical twins? Yeah right." *** We laugh and cry. We make time fly. Best friends are we, my sister and me. Sisters are one of the best gifts from God. And identical sisters just takes the cake. But what would you do if your sister was the teenage epitome of cool and you were more of a forgettable klutz. Taryn is and though she loves her sister fiercely, she can't help feeling bitter sometimes. It's always about Karyn, who cares about the other twin? But will all that change with the help of her two amazing friends and the unexpected aid of a mysterious new saxophone player? Jam packed with humor, action, family bonding and a possible dash of love. Read on and find out.

Suicide. It's a harsh term, don't you think? Winter Kingswood is a snarky introverted musician and artist, Autumn Brooks is a bookworm and nerd, Summer Sommers is the badass chick with sarcasm as a first language, and Spring Garcia is the popular, preppy all-around nice girl. Four different lives, four different personalities. Four different stories. After the shocking suicide of Isabelle Nicks, a girl who all four of the girls once knew, their stories intertwine when they try to find out the reason beyond the sudden death. Stuck with the clues behind her death that she left, the four girls reluctantly combine forces to find the answers they desperately seek. And what they find shakes their worlds for good.

Daleela is fifteen, hormonal, and all around your average teenage Muslim girl. Well, you know, if being a Muslim girl in America is what you call average to start with. She has a quick temper, an overly soft heart, and to add to that she's constantly fighting to do the right thing. But what happens when choosing to do the right thing is suddenly a much harder decision to make? When she and her family move away from the homey state of Virginia to the bustling city of New York, her life takes an abrupt turn at the very corner of crazy-ville. How is she going to handle her first year in public school as the only visible Muslim in sight? Not to mention the fact that she's forced to be locker buddies with a completely bipolar psychopath that seems to hold the key to a murky past not even he knows the whole truth of. Daleela will face it all; a journey full of love, mistakes, discrimination, and maybe a few unplanned adventures. Although she's always been a true fighter, how will she handle everything that is happening without losing sight of what's truly important to her? Will she be able to juggle keeping up with her family and protecting her modesty while still maintaining a firm grip on her faith? What will happen when one girl has to fight for the respect of so many and prove herself to everyone looking down on her? Well, you'll have to take a dive into her world and find out for yourself... © 2012-2021 JAMEELAH LATHAM ALL RIGHTS RESERVED