We all know the struggles of high school. You start off with a whole clique of friends and only end with a few. People you use to know so well you just walk past and not say a word. In high school you grow up and start to see reality. "Real" people turn fake and "good" intentions go bad. But high school is like the 'Tree of Eden' that held the knowledge of good and evil. The boys and girls are what your Mother warned you about, when she would babble to you about noting particular. High school is reality when all things come into existence. We finally began to understand the game of life and you choose how to play it.

When August's rise to fame tests his relationship with his girlfriend of three years.

At the age of sixteen Lakeisha Moss was abandoned by her mother and left to fend for herself on the streets. Within days she's taken in by Ambrianna. During her stay with Ambrianna, Lakeisha is taught the difference between real women and fake women, the difference between a ho and a house wife. She's taught more than anything to ride-or-die. Angel DeAngelo was raised in the streets by neighbors rather than his own parents. With a father in jail and a mother who prostitutes, he brings the money to the table in the only way that he know hows: slanging. A notoriously feared street thug with respect from almost everyone around the hood. With money, power, and hos, he's got almost everything figured out. He's just missing one thing: a down chick. When the two encounter paths, sparks fly and everything is thrown out of proportion, as Lakeisha defies everything and anything involving, Angel. While Angel wants more than anything to explore what could be between the two of them. As a battle of wills begins, danger from another component stirs up trouble forcing the two to work together to confront it, or be killed.

-Terra has changed completely. She isn't the same shy-caring girl she was back then. With Rari behind bars, she became the definition of a "ride-or-die chick". Would Terra loose everything she worked so hard for trying to hold Rari down ?

-Terra is bigger than most girls so she is Insecure about herself, Until she meets a guy name Rari. Who changes her life. Then when complications come along the way Terra tests her love for Rari. What will happen with Rari and Terra?

Book l in the AA. Series (Italics are intentional)

At the age of seven years old, Jessica has been fighting a life battle. Her struggle continues as she grows older and now, at sixteen, Jessica is on her own. Day by day she's losing hope. "Not even church can help her." She thinks. That is .. until she finds a light right around the corner.

Twenty-two year old Hazel K. Langston made a bad decision back when she was 16 years old. Thinking the decision wouldn't affect her in the future, Hazel kept the aftermath a secret. Little did she know, her bad decision came right back to her 6 years later.

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