Confessions of a Teenage Leper

Cheerleading, mean girls, shopping . . . and leprosy? High school is about to get complicated. For fans of Before I Fall and Exit, Pursued By a Bear. Abby Furlowe has plans. Big plans. She's hot, she's popular, she's a cheerleader and she's going to break out of her small Texas town and make it big. Fame and fortune, adoration and accolades. It'll all be hers. But then she notices some spots on her skin. She writes them off as a rash, but things only get worse. She's tired all the time, her hands and feet are numb and her face starts to look like day-old pizza. By the time her seventeenth birthday rolls around, she's tried every cream and medication the doctors have thrown at her, but nothing works. When she falls doing a routine cheerleading stunt and slips into a coma, her mystery illness goes into overdrive and finally gets diagnosed: Hansen's Disease, aka leprosy. Abby is sent to a facility to recover and deal with this new reality. Her many misdiagnoses mean that some permanent damage has been done, and all of her plans suddenly come tumbling down. If she can't even wear high heels anymore, what is the point of living? Cheerleading is out the window, and she might not even make it to prom. PROM! But it's during this recovery that Abby has to learn to live with something even more difficult than Hansen's Disease. She's becoming aware of who she really was before and what her behavior was doing to others; now she's on the other side of the fence looking in, and she doesn't like what she sees. . . Darkly comic but ultimately touching, Confessions of a Teenage Leper is an ugly duckling tale with a surprising twist.

Teen & Young Adult

Little, Ashley

Literature & Fiction

Penguin Teen Canada

Cheerleading, mean girls, shopping . . . and leprosy? High school is about to get complicated. For fans of Before I Fall and Exit, Pursued By a Bear. Abby Furlowe has plans. Big plans. She's hot, she's popular, she's a cheerleader and she's going to break out of her small Texas town and make it big. Fame and fortune, adoration and accolades. It'll all be hers. But then she notices some spots on her skin. She writes them off as a rash, but things only get worse. She's tired all the time, her hands and feet are numb and her face starts to look like day-old pizza. By the time her seventeenth birthday rolls around, she's tried every cream and medication the doctors have thrown at her, but nothing works. When she falls doing a routine cheerleading stunt and slips into a coma, her mystery illness goes into overdrive and finally gets diagnosed: Hansen's Disease, aka leprosy. Abby is sent to a facility to recover and deal with this new reality. Her many misdiagnoses mean that some permanent damage has been done, and all of her plans suddenly come tumbling down. If she can't even wear high heels anymore, what is the point of living? Cheerleading is out the window, and she might not even make it to prom. PROM! But it's during this recovery that Abby has to learn to live with something even more difficult than Hansen's Disease. She's becoming aware of who she really was before and what her behavior was doing to others; now she's on the other side of the fence looking in, and she doesn't like what she sees. . . Darkly comic but ultimately touching, Confessions of a Teenage Leper is an ugly duckling tale with a surprising twist.

What would you do, if you were not afraid? Would you launch your business? Ask for that raise? Take that trip? “Dear Fear” was created to give you the strategies and tools you need to answer those questions, and create a plan of action to move beyond your fear, and into your greatness. Visionary author, Tiana Patrice, has gathered 17 women, from all walks of life, to tell you their stories of courage, resilience and what it looks like to replace fear with faith, and Activate Your FearLESS. Now is the time to stand up to fear! Are you ready? About The Visionary Author: Tiana Patrice is an Award Winning International Speaker, Business Strategist, and the Best Selling Author of Fifty Two Shades of Fearless:Powerful Declarations For The Purpose Driven Woman and Dear Fear Volume 1. She is the founder of the movement A Million Fearless Strong, where she has made it her mission to liberate the lives of 1 million women from the fear holding them back in life, career, and business by 2023. Her message of being fearless has reached thousands around the globe, and several media outlets such as Good Morning Washington, Huffington Post, Forbes Women Under 30, ABC, CBS, NBC and many more. Reclaim your power, and join the movement at www.amillionfearlessstrong.org Co-Authored By: Tyecia Powell, Anita King Jones, Christine Handy, Kimberley Brown, Tywauna Wilson, Chinita Irby, B. Jacqueline Jeter, Yvonne Chiedza Mtengwa, Taren Kinebrew, Ashley Little, Patra Smith, Nikki Miller, Rhonda Glover, Shani Farmer, Carla McNeal, Edith Marere- Utete, Sherika Jernigan

Dear Fear Volume 2: 18 Powerful Lessons On Living Your Best Life On The Other Side Of Fear

Self-Help

Brown, Kimberley

Patrice, Tiana

Kinebrew, Taren

Farmer, Shani

Handy, Chrisitne

McNeal, Carla

Powell, Tyecia

Irby, Chinita

Glover, Rhonda

Self-Esteem

KLC Publishing

The HBCU Experience: The HBCU Royal University Queens Edition is a collection of stories written by prominent Queens throughout the world. Queens who are doing great things in their careers, businesses, and communities nationally and internationally. The Authors share their stories and experiences of how being a HBCU Royal Queen has molded them into the people they are today. &#65279;Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs) were established to serve the educational needs of black Americans. During the time of their establishment, and many years afterward, blacks were generally denied admission to traditionally white institutions. Prior to The Civil War, there was no structured higher education system for black students. Public policy, and certain statutory provisions, prohibited the education of blacks in various parts of the nation. Today, HBCUs represent a vital component of American higher education.

The Hbcu Experience: The Hbcu Royal University Queens Edition

Education & Teaching

Byrd, Uche

Whit, Fred

Higher & Continuing Education

Hbcu Experience Movement

sur·vive/s&#601;r&#712;v&#299;v/SubmitVerb continue to live or exist, especially in spite of danger or hardship.What do you do when life hits you like a ton of bricks........unexpectedly?!What do you do when all Hope seems lost? When friends and family turn their backs on you?What does one do when they feel as though there is no reason to even live?The answers to the above questions are outlined in this book from women who have had to live through some of life's toughest battles. Through illness, depression, failed suicide, turbulent marriages, and so much more; we get to go in the lives of every day women like you and I and learn what it means to overcome. To overcome in such a way that when you make it out, that you too will have the testimony that, I Survived.

I Survived

Religion & Spirituality

Mosley, Jessica

Dodd, Dr. Jerrica

Washington, Carolyn White

Garner, Christine

Meadows, Cris

Taylor, Debra

Clay, Diseree

Stepteau, Erica

Hiller, Jokima

New Age & Spirituality

Independently published

Sterling Publishing-Lark Books: Chunky Knits. Dive needles-first into the cozy lush reach-out-and-touch-me world of chunky knits These thirty-one projects use 1 2 3+ skeins of chic bulky and super-bulky yarn. Featuring sumptuous cowls lacy scarves a draped waffle-weave throw a cable-knit pillowcase classic cable mittens and a matching hat. Author: Ashley Little. Softcover; 128 pages. Published Year: 2014. ISBN 978-1-4547-0871-1. Imported.

Sterling Publishing Lark Books, Chunky Knits

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Crafts & Hobbies

Sterling_Publishing

Tamar Robinson knows a lot about loss―more than any teenager should. Her younger sisters are dead, her parents are adrift in a sea of grief, and now Tamar is losing her hair. Nevertheless, she navigates her rocky life as best she can, not always with grace, but with her own brand of twisted humor. She joins the chess club with her friend Roy, earns a part in the school production of The Wizard of Oz, buys an awesome wig, lands a crappy job, gets invited to the prom (by three different guys!) and helps her parents re-enter the land of the living. What Tamar lacks in tact (and hair), she makes up for in sheer tenacity.

The New Normal

Orca Book Publishers

Winner, Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize (BC Book Prizes) Longlisted for the Dublin IMPAC Literary Award A sharp and gritty novel told in multiple voices, Anatomy of a Girl Gang is the powerful story of a gang of teenage girls in Vancouver called the Black Roses, a.k.a. "the city’s worst nightmare": Mac, the self-appointed leader and mastermind; Mercy, the Punjabi princess with a skill for theft; Kayos, a high-school dropout who gave birth to a daughter at age thirteen; Sly Girl, who fled her First Nations reserve for a better life, only to find depravity and addiction; and Z, a sixteen-year-old graffiti artist.Cast out by mainstream society, the Black Roses rob ATMs, cook crack on stoves, and savagely beat down anyone who dares to harm them. Brutal and broken, they claw at the knot of darkness and violence that tightens around their lives. Told in stark, vivid, and fearless prose, Anatomy of a Girl Gang is an unflinching story about lost girls struggling for power, voice, and hope. Ashley Little is author of Prick: Confessions of a Tattoo Artist and the YA novel The New Normal. She lives in British Columbia.

Anatomy of a Girl Gang

Literary

Arsenal Pulp Press

Set in the early 1990s, Ashley Little’s follow-up to her award-winning novel Anatomy of a Girl Gang introduces readers to eleven-year-old Tucker Malone—the only child of a narcoleptic touring stripper—who believes his father is Sam Malone, the Boston barkeep who regularly appears on Tucker’s TV screen. He and his mother move from motel to motel until, one night in Niagara Falls, his mother is hit by a car after falling asleep in the street.
Tucker is sent to live in a youth group home where he meets Meredith, a pregnant sixteen-year-old with hopes of her own; he convinces her to join him on a road trip across the border to America in order to find his father, which takes them from Boston to the west coast. Along the way they encounter some of the most notorious criminals of the 1990s, and arrive in Los Angeles just as the Rodney King riots are unfolding.
His cross-country search becomes an epic depiction of mid-90s America at a crossroads as seen through the eyes of a boy, for whom finding his father is the one thing that will make him whole. Told in spare, straightforward prose, Niagara Motel is a biting chronicle during the rise of mass-media in the decade that defined the MTV Generation, and the bittersweet story of a young boy who must learn hard lessons on his way to becoming a man.
Ashley Little is the author of Anatomy of a Girl Gang, winner of the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize and longlisted for the Dublin IMPAC Literary Award.

Niagara Motel

Stick Weaving – wildly popular and so much fun. It’s amazing what you can create with a few sticks, some yarn (even leftovers!), and Super Simple Stylish Stick Weaving – a delightful Threads Select Booklet written by Ashley Little. Whether you’re brand new to stick weaving or you’ve done it before, this project-packed booklet is your go-to guide for enjoying this popular craft. Everything you need is here: stylish projects, materials lists, simple instructions, and easy-to-follow diagrams. A dozen hot new looks you can make right away. Even if you can’t sew or knit or crochet, you can do this. Stick weaving doesn’t require any special skills, yet it’s your ticket to creating fabulous accessories, home décor, and woven works of art. The dozen projects featured here will capture your fancy and spark your imagination. Just a few of the choices in a wide range of projects, styled for today: <ul>
<li>Glitter Ribbon Skinny Scarf</li> <li>School Spirit Tomboy Bracelet</li> <li>Glamour Girl Jewelry Organizer</li> <li>Urban Forest Camo Smartphone Case</li> <li>Modern Pixie Chunky Headband</li> <li>Fab and Furry Sunglasses Case</li> <li>Festival Girl T-Shirt Yarn Necklace</li> <li>And more</li> </ul>
This is a craft for anyone with imagination. Super Simple Stick Weaving opens up a whole new world of creative options for little kids, tweens, teens, and crafters of all ages. So much is possible with only minimum equipment and little or no experience. These projects can also be the inspiration for more advanced weaving projects using branches, beads, and other found items. Once you start, there’s no end to what you can weave. Our 32-page Threads Selects eBooklets are a terrific value. Each eBooklet features on-trend projects that require only a minimum investment of time and money. Threads Selects eBooklets are available for sewing, knitting, crocheting, jewelry-making, cake decorating, and so much more – all from the experts at Threads and The Taunton Press. Best of all, they’re available at an irresistible price!

Super Simple Stick Weaving: Scarves, belts, and other fab accessories

Taunton Press

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