Cassius has been desperate her entire life to hear that she's beautiful, and when the king takes interest in her, she easily falls for his charms. After his death, she finds herself alone to raise a step-daughter and rule a kingdom, a task more difficult than she's prepared to handle.
Snow White: A Survival Story
β Scribed by J, Anna
- Book ID
- 109069603
- Publisher
- Kensington
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 328 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Anna J. is back with a riveting novel depicting the devastation caused by cocaine use in a Southwest Philadelphia community.
You have to use what you got to get what you want. For Journey Clayton, this statement rings more than true as she struggles under the weight of her mother's cocaine addiction. She learns from a very young age that family doesn't offer as much help as she hoped they would. It's not until she befriends Khalid, the son of a neighborhood drug dealer, who is trying to stay above the struggle himself, that she starts to believe there might just be hope . . . even for little girls in the ghetto.
Snow White is a story of survival, betrayal, strength, and courage. It will pull you in from the very beginning and won't let you go until the last page. As seen through the eyes of a young girl coming of age, observe how Journey struggles to survive amidst the deception, violence, and murder that surround her.
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