The Nora White Story

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When seventeen-year-old Nora White successfully graduates High School in 1922 Mississippi and is College bound, everyone is overjoyed and excited. Everyone except Nora. She dreams of Harlem, Cotton Clubs, Fancy Dresses, and Langston Hughes. For years, she's sat under Mr. Oak, the big oak tree on the plush green grass of her families five acres, and daydreamed of The Black Mecca.

The ambitious, young Nora is fascinated by the prospect of being a famous writer in The Harlem Renaissance and decides she doesn't want to go to College. Despite her parent's staunch protest, Nora finds herself in Jacobsville, New York, a small town forty-five minutes outside of Harlem.

Shocked by their daughter's disappearance, Gideon and Molly White are plagued with visions of the deadly south, like the brutal lynching of Gideon's sister years ago. As the couple embark on a frightening and gut wrenching search for Nora, they are each stalked by their own traumatic past. Meanwhile, Nora learns that the North is not all it's cracked up to be and struggles to accept her prestigious family's dark secrets.

Can Gideon and Molly overcome their disturbing past in time to find their daughter before it's too late?

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"It wasn't just because their names matched or their passions either. It could have had something to do with their roots, how they were both sown in the south and knew the mind of a mule; could have been their stubborn ways and iron like fist in their throats; could have been the instability of their youth. How they sojourned the world unapologetically, wrapped themselves in rainbows and soared like butterflies trapped in cages. Could have been the giggles in their stomachs and how they burst forth without warning and full of pride. Whatever the reason, there wasn’t anything special about the first time she saw her."

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Yecheilyah Ysrayl is the author of Young Adult, African American Literature and Poetry. Author of nine books, Yecheilyah is also the founder of Literary Korner Publishing, the legal entity under which she publishes her books and Literary Korner Publishing Writer's Workshop. She is currently working on her next book series "The Nora White Story". Book One is due for release July 15, 2017 and July 16-17 at The Tampa Indie Author Book Convention in Tampa Florida. Book Two is due later this year. Sign up to stay informed. 

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 "Stella is a story that resonates with me and challenged the sensibilities of people who judge others based on the color of their skin. It starts with Cynthia and her boyfriend Alex discussing the fact that Alex is not as invested in the relationship as she would like for him to be. Cynthia wants him to meet her beloved grandmother Stella, but he is not amendable." 

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Author, The Miseducation of Zora Langston

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 " 'If something is wrong, you don't sit back and let the wrong continue. You go out and you do your part to change it.' If the above quote speaks to you, you should read this book. I have not read the first two books in the series, but this third installment on its own is quite powerful in itself. I enjoyed the writing style of the author, who was able to capture different characters through their dialogue and how she wrote their accents. Though Ysrayl is not a white teenage boy, she is able to write his narration convincingly, while also being able to give other perspectives through the rest of the characters." 

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 "No people can truly be free until they know who they are." This story maintains good pacing, it's inspiring, and thought-provoking. Labels don't make us who we are, but it's what's on the inside of us and being comfortable in our own skin. I truly enjoyed reading this." 

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