Payton Skky Series


Book Description

This set includes all five books of the Payton Skky series: Staying Pure, Sober Faith, Saved Race, Sweetest Gift, and Surrendered Heart. In Staying Pure, Payton Skky is beautiful and popular and dating Dakari Graham, the most attractive and desirable guy in their Georgia high school. The problem? He wants to have sex with her while she wants to obey God and stay pure until marriage. With pressures coming from all sides, Payton begins to wonder if waiting is really worth it. When he breaks it off with her for a more willing girl, Payton's world crashes down on her. As she struggles to answer these questions and gets to know Tad Taylor, Payton realizes that following God is the real secret to staying pure. In Sober Faith, Payton Skky and her girlfriends are in their senior year at their Georgia high school and loving every minute of it. But the rest of Payton's crew has strayed from God and continues to make bad decisions. While chasing after a good time, her friends begin experimenting with alcohol, drugs, and sexual sin. How can Payton help her girls turn toward God and away from those sins? Can she resist her own impulses to try things she knows are against God's will? See if Payton discovers how to show her friends that true faith is sober faith. In Saved Race, Payton Skky, on the verge of graduation, encounters ethnic diversity several ways she never imagined. First, her ex-boyfriend Dakari is unjustly roughed up by a white police officer. Then her white teacher admits her fear of teaching in a mostly African-American school. Many of Payton's friends are also suspicious of her bi-racial cousin. Payton struggles to figure out where these prejudices come from and find effective ways to overcome them while loving everybody as God commands. In Sweetest Gift, Payton Skky has finally arrived at college. In no time she's facing the same pressuresand stresses most college students face. She's still conflicted about boyfriends, and studies are difficult. But when she is faced with her suitemate's suicide attempt, Payton is jolted back to the basics of her faith. No matter what the pressures of life, she has great worth and value in the eyes of the Lord. In Surrendered Heart, it's Payton's second semester at college. The death of her grandfather, and deepening relationship with Tad teach her the value of living for God. As Payton surrenders her heart to God and shares her faith, she finds out that all she has ever desired is wrapped up in Him. Her relationship with Christ allows her to be complete and to handle the growing pains of life.




Saved Race


Book Description

Loving everyone is tough.On the verge of graduation, Payton Skky encounters ethnic diversity several ways she never imagined. First, her ex-boyfriend Dakari is unjustly roughed up by a white police officer. Then her white teacher admits her fear of teaching in a mostly African-American school. Many of Payton's friends are also suspicious of her bi-racial cousin. Payton struggles to figure out where these prejudices come from and find effective ways to overcome them while loving everybody as God commands.




Sober Faith


Book Description

Payton Skky and her girlfriends are in their senior year at their Georgia high school and loving every minute of it. But the rest of Payton's crew has strayed from God and continues to make bad decisions. While chasing after a good time, her friends begin experimenting with alcohol, drugs, and sexual sin. How can Payton help her girls turn toward God and away from those sins? Can she resist her own impulses to try things she knows are against God's will? See if Payton discovers how to show her friends that true faith is sober faith.




The Double Dutch Club Series


Book Description

This set includes all three books of The Double Dutch Club Series: Just Jump!, Something to Jump About, and A Promise and a Rainbow. In Just Jump!, the girls of the Double Dutch Club have an opportunity of a lifetime: they've earned the right to compete in the state competition! What begins as a desire in their hearts to win a coveted trophy becomes the foundation for relationships that last a lifetime. In Something to Jump About, the girls from Grover Elementary return for the new school year only to learn that Ming, their wise leader, has returned to China with her family. They'll have to find someone else to jump Double Dutch with them in time for the December Jump Off. Meanwhile, Tanya and a new girl, Brittany, seem to keep bumping heads. And strong-willed Tanya is surprised to find the new girl can stand her ground in a fight. Join the adventure in book two of The Double Dutch Club Series. In A Promise and a Rainbow, the girls are looking forward to a fun-filled summer--that is until Rachel finds out that her parents have made plans for her to spend the entire summer with her cousin Ronnie in Chicago. The Double Dutch Club is saddened by the thought of Rachel having to leave for the summer. And Rachel is trying to remain excited about the Double Dutch Club winning the North Carolina "Jump Off." From the moment Rachel and Ronnie meet, they dislike each other, and Rachel has to find a way to get through what promises to be the most difficult summer of her life. The Double Dutch Club adventure continues, as the girls learn the importance of good friendships and developing character.




Sweetest Gift


Book Description

Payton Skky has finally arrived at college. In no time she's facing the same pressures and stresses most college students face. She's still conflicted about boyfriends, and studies are difficult. But when she is faced with her suitemate's suicide attempt, Payton is jolted back to the basics of her faith. No matter what the pressures of life, she has great worth and value in the eyes of the Lord.




Yasmin Peace Series


Book Description

This set includes all five books of the Yasmin Peace Series: Finding Your Faith, Believing in Hope, Experiencing the Joy, Learning to Love, and Enjoying True Peace. Yasmin Peace is a young girl dealing with the harshness of life's lessons. Unfortunately, this is the case for many children. In the Yasmin Peace Series, the author would like to send the message to our youth that even in the midst of calamity, you can always trust and depend on God. Join Yasmin Peace on her journey through this series that will encourage character growth and development. In Finding Your Faith, Yasmin takes on the responsibility of overseeing what's left of her family after her oldest brother's tragic suicide. Through it all, she learns perseverance. As she sheds her tomboy exterior and finds her faith, Yasmin blossoms into the young lady God destined her to become. In Believing in Hope, family tensions and school unrest soar to a fever pitch. A school counselor begins the LIGHT club, a club dedicated to helping eighth grade girls deal with issues like gangs, depression, teen suicide, and self esteem. Yasmin discovers that there is hope on the other side of every obstacle—if she holds on to her faith. Even as some situations seem to get worse, she realizes that her hope is in the Lord, and we witness how she learns to rely on Him. In Experiencing the Joy, Yasmin is graduating from the eighth grade and headed to high school. With the help of the LIGHT club, she ends the school year on a positive note, as she learns about self-esteem and true joy. What Yasmin learns will be put to the test over the summer and at the beginning of her first year in high school as she encounters new drama with family and friends. Through it all and in less than perfect circumstances, Yasmin manages to hold on to her hope, keep her head up and experience joy. In Learning to Love, Yasmin, her brothers and mother lose their apartment in a fire. As if that was not enough, Yasmin's grandmother is diagnosed with Alzheimers. Through all of these seemingly bad situations, Yasmin does not lose hope that things will get better. As she heads off to high school, that hope pays off and things are finally starting to look up. She has three great friends, her father is out of jail and finally, the drama is behind her. At least that's what Yasmin thinks. She has yet to learn the lessons of love as she finds out that loving those who are the closest to her is not always an easy thing to do. In Enjoying True Peace, the triplets, Yasmin, York and Yancy finally see the light at the end of the tunnel after what seems like so many years of struggling due to the death of their big brother and their missing in action father;. Mom has a great job, everyone's grades are up, they're all making new friends and have even gotten involved in afterschool activities. Now their father is back in the picture and it's smooth sailing from there, right? Wrong. Yasmin's father wants to prove that he can bring everyone back together, so he decides to move the family. As a result, the whole house is in an uproar. Though she’s grown in her faith and learned quite a bit about hope, joy and love, Yasmin is challenged to continue depending on God to help her remain calm through it all and find peace in the midst of this new storm. Remembering that He’s still there to comfort her, Yasmin sets her heart on trusting God and enjoying true peace.




Surrendered Heart


Book Description

It's Payton's second semester at college. The death of her grandfather, and deepening relationship with Tad teach her the value of living for God. As Payton surrenders her heart to God and shares her faith, she finds out that all she has ever desired is wrapped up in Him. Her relationship with Christ allows her to be complete and to handle the growing pains of life.




A Promise and A Rainbow


Book Description

The girls are looking forward to a fun-filled summer--that is until Rachel finds out that her parents have made plans for her to spend the entire summer with her cousin Ronnie in Chicago. The Double Dutch Club is saddened by the thought of Rachel having to leave for the summer. And Rachel is trying to remain excited about the Double Dutch Club winning the North Carolina "Jump Off." From the moment Rachel and Ronnie meet, they dislike each other, and Rachel has to find a way to get through what promises to be the most difficult summer of her life. The Double Dutch Club adventure continues, as the girls learn the importance of good friendships and developing character.




Just Jump!


Book Description

The girls of the Double Dutch Club have an opportunity of a lifetime: they've earned the right to compete in the state competition! What begins as a desire in their hearts to win a coveted trophy becomes the foundation for relationships that last a lifetime.




Finding Your Faith


Book Description

The first book in this series deals with the harshness of life's lessons - and for such a young girl. Unfortunately, this is the case for many children. With this series, the author would like to send the message to our youth that even in the midst of calamity, you can always trust and depend on God. Yasmin Peace is growing up fast. After the tragic suicide of her oldest brother, she takes on the responsibility of overseeing what’s left of her family and through it all, she perseveres. As she sheds her tomboy exterior and finds her faith, Yasmin blossoms into the young lady God destined her to become. Join Yasmin Peace on her journey through this series that will encourage character growth and development.