Bøger af Randall Barnes

Meet Aaliyah Anderson, a beautiful, intelligent, ambitious thirteen-year-old young woman ready to take over the world. With her mom being a superstar broadcast journalist and her older brother Damon being an acclaimed writer and star sports player. Aaliyah lives a fantastic life. Aaliyah quickly learns that her good life, doesn't separate her from life's problems. She has to deal with tons of hardships and avoid many obstacles along her path to achieving her short term goal of finally making it to high school and what she feels will bring her closer to her dreams of being a CEO of a company. Aaliyah has to deal with overwhelming family issues such as the divorce of her parents and the result of her "father's" unfaithfulness, infidelity, and a family secret that turns her world upside down. As if her family wasn't messed up enough, her eleven-year old brother turns to the streets and joins the Eastside Rydahz, one of the most notorious gangs in the city. Her eldest brother Jeffery, or high-ranked Rydah 808, hates everything about Aaliyah and she doesn't understand it. All Aaliyah wants is to have the ideal loving, united family and it hurts her that their situation is seemingly fractured beyond repair. To make things even more pressing, she lives in the ruthless city of Willowsfield, statistically the #1 most dangerous city in America, where senseless community violence is the norm and life expectancy is low. With the pressure to succeed and make it out of the ditch that Aaliyah calls her hometown, she still has to deal with more problems that test her patience. With its realistic characters, life-like setting and dynamic message, The Diary of Aaliyah Anderson is entertaining and a sure fire conversation starter on what we need to do as a generation.

Chronicling the life of Raynetta Duram as she competes to be the 78th Miss Laketon State University and a woman of Rho Eta. Through her junior year, Raynetta deals with a toxic friendships and a lack of support from her family for her dream. Even more, the road to becoming a Rho Eta woman is harder than she imagined. To make matters worse Jessica Wilson, her ex-best friend that betrayed her freshman year, is running against her and aspires to be a Rho Eta. Problems arise in the form of social media rumors and campus politics that threaten to derail Raynetta's chances to become campus queen. As the world seemingly falls on Raynetta's shoulders, will she be able to secure the crown and become a Rho Eta woman? Or, will her personal struggles cause her desires to elude her?"A Queen's Pain" is the first book of its kind, covering life at Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCU's) in a way that's never been done before!