Sixteen-year-old Jasmine Richardson has a love for music. When she gets on the turntables, her gift for spinning and rhyming earn her admiration and respect. She's also talented academically, but her parents disapprove of their daughter's hobby, hoping it's a phase she's going through. Still, Jasmine finds it hard to deny the joy and freedom she feels when she's playing music that makes people smile and dance. After a local contest, Jasmine attracts the interest of some music-industry honchos. Then the attitudes of the people around her seem to change and she's forced to face some tough situations. Suddenly it becomes harder for her to tell who's really happy for her and who's totally a fake. But when the music is in your heart, and your talent shines bright, sometimes all you can do is…spin it like that.

Spin It Like That

Literature & Fiction

Splond, Chandra Sparks

Taylor, Chandra Sparks

United States

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

<p>Raised in a strict household, sixteen-year-old Courtland Murphy never had a date. But that was before the guy of her every dream-basketball star Allen Benson-asked her out. She's gone from never-been-kissed to dating the hottest guy in school. And now her new boyfriend is pressuring her to prove she loves him-by having sex. But as a member of her community's Worth-the-Wait club, Courtland made a vow to stay a virgin. Now everyone-from friends to family to fellow club members-gives her different advice, from "do it!" to "you made a pledge, girl!" It would be so easy for Courtland to go all the way with Allen, but sometimes his charming personality leaves her wondering. Who knew being in love could be so confusing?</p>

The Pledge (Worth the Wait)

You've Gotta Have Faith (A Date with Destini)

Children's Books

Growing Up & Facts of Life

<p>As a child growing up in Birmingham, Alabama, author and blogger Chandra Sparks Splond spent many days in her room dreaming of forever and writing about someday. In Black Girl Dreaming: Poems about Love, Life and Loss, Splond shares some of her most cherished and personal work on her journey to learning to love herself and others.</p>

Black Girl Dreaming: Poems About Love, Life and Loss

Poetry

Speak

Independently published

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