Books with author Paul Lang

There’s no backing down for Lionel Shephard, a new freshman at Bluford High. With a dream of joining the NBA, all he wants to do at school is play basketball. But everyone’s trying to stop him. His father thinks basketball is a waste of time; his teachers don’t know he can barely read and threaten to fail him; and his dropout friend Jamar wants him to quit school. Unsure where to turn, Lionel must make a choice. Will he pursue his dream or get caught in a nightmare?

Paul Lane built his life through licensing and brought some of the most influential characters to fruition—CARE BEARS, STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE, BARNEY, ROGER RABBIT, the list goes on. If you’ve been kicked down and don’t know where to go, let Paul’s book be your light in the dark.What can a Brooklyn street kid without formal high school and college education teach you about life? Simply put: everything.Paul Lane has been through it all— losing a parent at a young age; watching a sister be given up at birth because of family poverty; being drafted into the Army; losing the love of his life to cancer, leaving him a widow with two children; and starting a business without any formal training.This memoir is a testament to the true strength of a human being. After so much loss, tragedy, and sadness, Lane reminds us all that life will always go on, and that the only way out is to continue moving forward and stay positive.

Tarah Carson has hidden the secret for years. No one--not her mother, her friends at Bluford High, or even her boyfriend, Cooper Hodden--knows what her uncle did to her years ago. Tarah hoped to keep it that way. But an upcoming reunion is forcing Tarah's past into the present. And Uncle Rudy, the man who scarred her for life, is returning. Haunted by memories, Tarah plans to avoid him at all costs. But when her decision threatens to cause even more suffering in her family, she must face her past and biggest fear--alone.

No one likes Tyray Hobbs. Once a feared bully, he has become an outcast. At Bluford High, his peers taunt him for how he treated them. At home, his parents punish him for the trouble he has caused. Unable to escape his reputation or his past, Tyray is desperate. And when an unlikely friendship develops, he clings to it like a lifeline. Now that connection is threatened, and Tyray faces his toughest decision yet. Will his next move lead him to ruin or redemption--or both?