Flyy-Girl: Inside the Big City There's a Mad Obsession for Gold, Sex-N Money [Paperback]

Omar Tyree (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 323 pages
• Publisher: Conquering Books (June 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1564110567
• ISBN-13: 978-1564110565
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #169,048 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Omar Tyree is a New York Times bestselling author, entrepreneur, journalist, screenwriter, and public speaker. A renowned business figure, he has published seventeen books, and his articles have been published in the Washington Post, Essence, Upscale, and the Washington Times.

Customer Reviews

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Flyy Girl is da BOMB!!!!!, September 5, 2000

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Flyy-Girl: Inside the Big City There's a Mad Obsession for Gold, Sex-N Money (Paperback)

I'm a 13yr. old going on 14 female. I read Flyy Girl not too long ago, and I LOVED IT!! I loved the book soo much I finished the book in 2days no lie. I didnt never want to put it down but my ppl(people) made me. I spent $15.00 on Flyy Girl and HONEST it was worth every cent. I cant wait to read the next book about Tracy,she becomes a star. I wounder if they'll make a movie about Flyy Girl. I hope so. In that book Tracy has been through alot. I've been through all of what Tracy has been through,except for the sex. I hope her and Victor got together. So Mr.Omar Tyree on Flyy Girl I give you a MAD,GOOD,EXCELLENT JOB!And keep writing on teen-related books. But Flyy Girl should put you to the top. If you havent purchased Flyy Girl you should. Cause i'll tell you, honest,you havent read a good book till you have read Flyy Girl! So go right now to a bookstore nearest to you and buy it. Go,go,go,go your waisting time.......

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars been there done that, March 7, 2000

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chanona brown (America) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Flyy-Girl: Inside the Big City There's a Mad Obsession for Gold, Sex-N Money (Paperback)

I read Flyy Girl and automatically I realized Tracey was me I am 23 years of age and I brought a Fendi sweatsuit in the 8th grade just like her Gucci sweatsuit. When I wore this sweatsuit I had all eyes on me. and I walked the walk and talked the talk by the age of 16 I had dealt with so many boys I had a phone book that I not only had the phone ## in I also had what kind of car the guy drove and if you didn't have a car I would not talk to you, By the age of 17 I stopped putting your name in the phone book by first letter n name if the guy had a Lexus you can find his name under L. I had a girl I looked up to who I thought all I ever wanted was 2 have what she had who also went down the wrong road, I had the big earrings with my name in them. I got tied, honestly I got tied and Omar Tyree hit it when Tracey calmed down at the end. I was very surprised that this was a male writer I just could not see a male knowing the experiences I had as a teenager. 2 thumbs up 2 Omar Tyree keep writing books that no one can put down.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars From A young "Flyy Girl's" perspective., November 21, 1999

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Carla Hibbert (Miami,Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Flyy-Girl: Inside the Big City There's a Mad Obsession for Gold, Sex-N Money (Paperback)

As a young black aspiring author,I think Omar Tyree has hit asoft spot in the hearts of any teenager who has read this book. At theage of 16, I can personally relate to the feeling of competing with the fad's that society has set for us teenager's,the illusion's that mislead into a path that we may feel is "COOL!". The truth is there is a little bit of Tracy Ellison in all of us young teenager's. We have this yearn for exploring what we haven't learned in the household. But it is only at our disgrestion that we change our path to better ourselves. Which means realizing that fashion, popularity,crime and sex is a trap set to send all the young fertile black minds astray from the potential they possess to be our nations most intellectual leaders.Tracy's transition in character proved that the fast lanes kept her from attaining all the information that she really needed to flourish in this nation we have made. I came close to tears as I sat up late last night finishing Omar Tyree's masterpiece. This booked touched me so much I woke up this morning with the aspiration's to get every young teenager in America to read this book and boy's are not excluded they may need this more than us girls do.