Bright Lights Series books are a set of graduated stories for middle grade readers, nine and up. From short stories to a final novel (planned but not yet published), the series follows main characters DeShaun (A Dying Breed) and Jasmine (Not So Princess Jasmine) from elementary school through high school. Current offerings from the series are A Dying Breed, Volume 1 and Not So Princess Jasmine, Volume 1 – available online at Amazon, Barnes and Noble and many more online retailers.
In A Dying Breed, Volume 1 DeShaun is a young man using his creativity to better his life while navigating the pitfalls of urban life – poverty, drug use, gang activity. Follow his story as he goes from wounded child to confident young man.
In Not So Princess Jasmine, Volume 1 Jasmine is a young woman using her intelligence and adaptability to create a world where she can thrive. Her teachers and classmates don’t make it any easier, having escaped urban life for the sanitized suburban life her parents wanted her to have.
Follow Jasmine and DeShaun on their journeys from children to young adults and all the twists and turns in between.