A Girl Like Me
by Ni-Ni Simone

She’s got a voice like Keisha Cole, attitude to burn—and is the body-rockin’, Bebe-sporting girl everyone in her high school wants to be. . .or be with. But in real life, sixteen-year-old Elite has a crack-addicted mother, no father in sight, and is secretly raising her sister and two brothers on her own. Now a radio contest has put her up-close-and-personal with mega-hot singer Haneef and their chemistry is too sizzling for Elite to stop pretending. And as the clock ticks down fast for this ’hood Cinderella, she has only one shot to save her family and make all of her dreams come true. . .