Given opportunity
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Last published Sat, Jun 6, 2015
Given opportunity is a story about a girl named Ja'Quaviana she has a rough life living with her mom and two sisters. One day after school she decides that she no longer wants to live in the shadows of her family. She gets this job at a night club and begins to save up for college and a home until she meets this guy Shavar who loves basketball and is attending Miami State. Shavar has been watching her for awhile and he really wants to get to know her but what she doesn't realize is he is her given opportunity to get where she needs to go.
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