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Mind Right

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Deandre Porter is the most well-known highschool basketball point guard in all of Houston. For as long as he can remember, basketball has always been his life. With this year being his senior year at Woodsbarrow High School, opportunities are out there and nothing can get in the way of that. His life just seems to stay hectic. From girls coming at him left to right tryna get some of his spotlight, to colleges all over the U.S tryna recruit and get his signature. It's hectic, but it's the life he always wanted, so he thinks. His priorities are questioned when a girl named Joi catches attention. As life takes them onto a new path, their attraction towards each other grows stronger. Joi, however, questions his commitment to her over his publicity and basketball. Can she steal his heart or will basketball always be his main priority ? 



•book 2 in my series "Black Life"
Book 1 is  posted (Chronicles of our Queens)All Rights Reserved

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