Featured Book: Who Made You A Princess? by Shelley Adina

Book Four in the It's All About Us YA inspirational series features Shani, the African-American member of this group of friends attending an elite San Francisco boarding school. I am a big fan of Shelley Adina's and love this series. Although these young ladies travel in an exclusive world, and some of them come from that world, they are very down to earth. Their concerns are the concerns of most teens: getting good grades, wearing the best fashions, attracting the cute boys, pleasing their parents, and so on. Add to that discovering or drawing closer to God and you have you have a delightful bunch of stories.

The twist in this one was quite unexpected, and I didn't see it coming until it happened--although looking back, the clues were there--a testament to Ms. Adina's writing ability. If you enjoy a good story or you're looking for some uplifting fare for your young adult, this series and Who Made You A Princess are for you.

This week, the
Christian Fiction Blog Alliance
is introducing
Who Made You a Princess
FaithWords (May 13, 2009)
by
Shelley Adina


ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Award-winning author Shelley Adina wrote her first teen novel when she was 13. It was rejected by the literary publisher to whom she sent it, but he did say she knew how to tell a story. That was enough to keep her going through the rest of her adolescence, a career, a move to another country, a B.A. in Literature, an M.A. in Writing Popular Fiction, and countless manuscript pages.

Shelley is a world traveler and pop culture junkie with an incurable addiction to designer handbags. She writes books about fun and faith--with a side of glamour. Between books, Shelley loves traveling, playing the piano and Celtic harp, watching movies, and making period costumes.

The All About Us book series has its own home over on the Hachette website. Stop by and see what the five fabulous girls at Spencer Acadenmy are up to! Series Website.

Her other books in this series includes book one, It's All About Us, oook Two, The Fruit of my Lipstick, and book three, Be Strong & Curvaceous. This present book is book four.


ABOUT THE BOOK

Shani Hanna returns to SpencerAcademy for her senior year after an amazing summer spent with her friends Lissa, Gillian, and Carly. But the best part about summer was meeting Danyel Johnstone. Danyel is cute, smart, cool, and super nice. All Shani has to do is get him to see her as more than just one of the gang.

But when the girls return to school, they find a new addition to the distinguished student body: Prince Rashid al Amir of Yasir, an oil-rich desert kingdom in the Middle East. Prince Rashid moved to California to prepare for an eventual MBA at Stanford...and to romance his future wife: Shani Hanna!

It turns out, Shani's family and the prince's go back for generations, entwined in tradition, obligation, and family honor. In each generation, members of the two families have expanded their business interests through arranged marriage. Will Shani put aside her feelings for Danyel to pursue her family's wishes? Or will God answer her prayers for an intervention?

If you would like to read the first chapter of Who Made You a Princess , go HERE

Peace & Blessings,
Patricia
Tampa Bay Writing Examiner

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