Shayla's Double Brown Baby Blues

ISBN-13: 9780689856709 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 304 str.

Lori Aurelia Williams

Opis

The brilliant new novel from the author of "When Kambia Elaine Flew in from Neptune." As she worries about Kambia Elaine reverting to her former self, Shayla is approaching womanhood, and is interested in a boy with a tragic past.

Things are changing for thirteen-year-old Shayla Dubois, no matter how hard she tries to fight it. Her father and his new wife have a baby girl named Gift -- born on Shaylas own birthday. Gift has Shaylas special eyes (the eyes of a writer), her fathers last name, and the love that should have been Shaylas. But jealousy is the least of Shaylas problems. Someones been sending her best friend, Kambia Elaine, cruel packages that remind Kambia of her traumatic past. There is also Shaylas new friend Lemm who makes her skin tingle in the weirdest way. Hes handsome, smart, smooth talking, and has demons of his own to hide. But in order to help her friends, Shayla must first learn how to help herself.