Books with author Dana Pride

A global disaster, known as The Great Devastation, has drastically changed life on earth. Layla, a Kidgen, or Kid-Genius, is living and working at the Complex, where the Insiders have everything they needed provided for them: food, shelter, clothing, entertainment. Layla is aware of the Outsiders, (the Ordinaries, the Crims, the Chairs and the Runners) who are just scraping by without the use of technology, but she doesn't have any reason to think much about them - until Kenrick, one of her friends who is also a Kidgen and a Comgen (Computer-Genius), secretly arranges for four friends to travel. Suddenly Layla becomes curious. What is life Outside really like? Where will they go? What will they eat? Will they be able to get back safely and unpunished? Kenrick has a few surprises in store for them - especially for Layla, whose life will never be the same after journeying Outside the Complex.

Leeza Hamilton loves to be in the spotlight. She has been blessed to attain her dream job, performing in front of audiences who love her. Her live is fast-moving and amazing, the fantasy of every American teenager. Her face is on the cover of magazines, she performs live every week, she has been in countless commercials in homes across America on TV and she is seen world-wide in her videos on the Internet. Her life lacks nothing - except meaning.One night after a performance, Leeza meets Jane, who is wearing a red cloak. Leeza discovers she looks just like her, but Jane has a perfectly normal and plain life, which includes a young baby. Leeza convinces Jane to let her wear the red cloak and trade places, just for one day. While living Jane's life, Leeza discovers her secret - and the reason she might not want to come back to her own life. What if Jane does not come back? What if no one believes Leeza is actually Leeza?

After tragedy devastated their family, Crystal and her sister, Taylor, have been sent across the country for the summer to live with strangers, Pastor and Sister Young. Bound by guilt and shame, Crystal refuses to speak in this new environment. She merely exists, despite the living and loving all around her. Visiting relatives of the Youngs, unusual circumstances which force Pastor Young to take drastic action, and the discovery of an old diary weave the past to the present as Crystal begins to see the hand of God in all matters.

Leeza Hamilton is a famous performer who has everything she could possibly want, searching for meaning to her life. When she meets a young lady, Jane, in a red cloak who looks just like her, they decide to change places for just one day. Although the simplicity of Jane's life is attractive at first, Leeza becomes afraid when she it looks as if she won't be able to escape and return to the life that is really hers.

A global disaster, known as The Great Devastation, had drastically changed life on earth. Layla, a Kidgen, or Kid-Genius, was living and working at the Complex, where the Insiders had everything provided for them. She was aware of the Outsiders who were just scraping by without the use of technology, but she didn't have any reason to think much about them - until Kenrick, one of her friends who was also a Comgen (Computer-Genius), secretly arranged for four friends to travel. Suddenly Layla became curious. What was life Outside really like? Where would they go? Would they be able to get back safely and unpunished? Kenrick had a few surprises in store for them - and especially for Layla, whose life would never be the same after journeying Outside the Complex.

After tragedy devastated their family, Crystal and her sister, Taylor, have been sent across the country for the summer to live with strangers, Pastor and Sister Young. Bound by guilt and shame, Crystal refuses to speak in this new environment. She merely exists, despite the living and loving all around her. Visiting relatives of the Youngs, unusual circumstances which force Pastor Young to take drastic action, and the discovery of an old diary weave the past to the present as Crystal begins to see the hand of God in all matters.