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LONG DIVISION — a young adult novel (sneak preview)

Friday, August 13th, 2010
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“…” Special. I didn’t have a girlfriend halfway through 9th grade and it wasn’t because I had wider hips than Lisa Louis or because I hated the smell of deodorant or because I treated my blue sweat rag like that white boy, Linus, treated his blanket. It wasn’t even because Principal Jankins was heard over [...]

Aren’t we all young adults at heart?

Monday, July 19th, 2010
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“LONG DIVISION” Would you change the future of Mississippi even if it meant never falling in love with girl you were destined to marry? 14 year-old City Coldson will do anything to make Shalaya Crump love him … including traveling 26 years into the future, stealing a lap top and jetting 21 years into the [...]