Upcoming Books
Chasing the Son:
The Story of Icarus & The Ladybug
This poetry book tells the story of a boy who struggles with the forceful pain of loss. In his darkness, he fights against the hardening of his protective shell. He is reminded by his angels of the eternal nature of life, that he is forever surrounded spiritually. This opens a crack for which he explores love and possibility, only to be reminded of mortality with another loss. Now with a new perspective he heals in the darkness. He chooses to live despite knowing one day he too will find his end.
A black boy, Elijah, loses his mother to cancer and grapples with memories that both comfort and torment him in a battle with grief and his identity. He’s gifted which only makes him a part of a world he doesn’t quite fit in as he adjusts to a new school, new friends, and a new neighborhood. With the help of his new sister, Cece, he begins to adjust. However, if Elijah doesn’t accept both himself and the memory of his mother for all that they are, he risks losing himself, succumbing to the grief and the chance to build the family he never knew in the process.
