Books with author Jessica LeeAnn

Melanie is done with being called ugly, darky, and tar baby. And she's done allowing those words to hurt her feelings. Being a black girl is tough as it is, but when you're teased by your classmates because of the shade of your brown skin, it makes it a lot tougher. After following an Instagram model who seemed confident about her dark brown skin, the 14 year old freshmen decides that she's going to re-define her own beauty.The melanin queen movement is born and Melanie is inspiring girls across the Paradise Academy campus to confidently embrace their shade of beautiful brown skin, too.

Dreams don't have to be on hold until you become an adult. Deja, Trenise, and Shauna know this better than any other 14 year old. The outgoing, confident teens meet during freshmen orientation and immediately form a friendship. After realizing how creative they all are, the teens decide to start a YouTube channel to inspire other teens to do the same. The Gonnabe's is a book to inspire black teen girls to dream big no matter their circumstances. They are not wannabes, they are sure they are GONNABE successful when they grow up.

Melanie is done with being called ugly, darky, and tar baby. And she's done allowing those words to hurt her feelings. Being a black girl is tough as it is, but when you're teased by your classmates because of the shade of your brown skin, it makes it a lot tougher. After following an Instagram model who seemed confident about her dark brown skin, the 14 year old freshmen decides that she's going to re-define her own beauty. The melanin queen movement is born and Melanie is inspiring girls across the Paradise Academy campus to confidently embrace their shade of beautiful brown skin, too.

With Instagram, YouTube, and Snapchat being an avenue to fame, a young group of teenage girls makes the decision to use this avenue to put their talent on the map. Deja King, Trenise Hall, and Shauna Easley create a persona that makes them the most popular clique in the Bay Area and at their high school Paradise Academy High. Using their talent of fashion, hair, and makeup, the girls create a YouTube channel, The Gonnabe's, which quickly attracts 10,000 subscribers and a lot of attention. The girls love the attention they're getting. While their social media fame is rising, the girls still have their issues with their home life. Deja King is the quiet, yet sassy hairstylist known for rocking her signature braids. Although Deja is fly as ever, her braces make her a little awkward around the boys and it doesn’t help that she's a late bloomer. Trenise Hall is outgoing, funny and makes sure she’s always popping. The boy crazy, fly girl has more issues than a magazine but she's fun and loves her friends. Shauna Easley is strong, outspoken and bossy. She’s a little uptight but wants to have fun, she just doesn’t know how. Between navigating the halls of Paradise Academy High, dealing with family drama, and trying to be the new baddies on campus, Deja, Trenise, and Shauna have a lot to learn about being a teenager. And they’re about to find out. Follow the journey as The Gonnabe’s discover who they are during their freshman year of high school.

Being a teenager is hard! Life is awkward, you have all of these emotions that you don't know what to do with and to top it off, if you're growing up in a Christian household, your parents keep telling you about this Jesus person and you're just like, "huh? He loves me? Who IS he?" I get it! Although some parents may forget how it is being young it doesn't change the fact that our girls experience emotional rollercoasters, self-esteem and confidence issues as well as trying to understand who God is to them. Embrace Your Awesomeness is a devotional book that not only provides encouraging, uplifting and empowering content for young Christian girls but it also helps them to understand how to apply the Word of God to their young lives. This book covers topics such as the importance of obeying their parents, having positive & healthy friendships, being confident in Christ, living a pure life, having social media etiquette and embracing individuality. The message in this book is to teach teen Christian girls how to understand the Word of God, confidently walk by faith, communicate with God through prayer, acknowledge God in all that they do and most importantly: how to accept the way that God made them, quirkiness, flaws and all.