She's got a voice like Keisha Cole, attitude to burn--and is the body-rockin', Bebe-sporting girl everyone in her high school wants to be...or be with. But in real life, sixteen-year-old Elite has a crack-addicted mother, no father in sight, and is secretly raising her sister and two brothers on her own. Now a radio contest has put her up-close-and-personal with mega-hot singer Haneef and their chemistry is too sizzling for Elite to stop pretending. And as the clock ticks down fast for this 'hood Cinderella, she has only one shot to save her family and make all of her dreams come true...
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Dreams Do Come True,
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APOOO Rating: 4 stars
Amazon Rating: 4 stars A GIRL LIKE ME by Ni-Ni Simone tells the story of sixteen year-old, Elite Juliana Parker who has a sultry voice like Keyshia Cole and the range of Mariah Carey. When the local radio station, Hot 102, has a singing contest on the radio to win tickets to the mega-hot singer Haneef's concert, she blows the contest away with her vocals. Having this stars' poster hanging on her ceiling above her bed, and being able to meet Haneef in real life is a dream come true. When they meet face-to-face, their chemistry cannot be denied and a whirlwind romance begins. Elite tries to hide her "real life" from Haneef. The life of having a crack-addicted mother and raising her sister and two brothers on her own; working a part-time job and using her paychecks to buy the neccessities for her brothers and sister. All this pretending comes to a screeching halt when reality quickly slaps her in the face. A GIRL LIKE ME kind of reminds me of THE WAY IT IS on BET, the Keyshia Cole story. Like her previous novels,Simone has some characters that will have you shaking your head and laughing out loud. For all those young girls out there, that do not believe in dreams....Dreams Do Come True. It may just be a book, but is shows you that the possibility and opportunity is there if you just go for your dreams. Reviewed by Leona R. APOOO BookClub
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Straight FIRE!!!!!,
This review is from: A Girl Like Me (Paperback)
Ms. Ni-Ni Simone did it again. This book is a must have. I felt like I was right there with the characters, Mom-Mom, Mica, And Naja's family were crazy. It was an easy read.
Get yourself A Copy......
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Ni-Ni Simone has blessed her fans with another fabulous coming-of-age tale
In "A Girl Like Me", Elite is a sixteen year old beauty who's not able to enjoy her youth due to her mother's crack addiction. In addition to school and work, she's single-handedly raising her younger siblings on a measly salary. Given the opportunity to sing for the boy of her dreams, the superfine, Haneef, Elite is beginning to experience a fragment of happiness. Elite manages to keep her mother's addiction a secret. Slowly, life as Elite knows it, begins to crumble. Unexpectedly, Haneef is there to see that Elite doesn't weather the storm alone. As in Ni-Ni's previous reads, there are memorable characters that we tend to fall in love with: Naja, Sydney, Aniya, Mica and Mom-Mom. Naja's dad was hilarious too with his limited dialogue (yup-yup). LMAO!!!!! Lastly, it's a wonderful tale of a young girl's heartfelt pursuit of happiness. I'm rating it 4 ½ stars.
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