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HELP! I'm trying to find a book i read but i forgot the title. ?

all i know is the book features characters named Leshay and Harmon. And was about the girl Leshay that wanted to be a famous blues singer the idolized etta james. I'm desperatly trying to find this book because i really enjoyed reading it but i can't seem to think of the name please help me out if you can.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    the lover of lady chatterly

  • 1 decade ago

    Try searching your mind for the authors name. If you can't seem to think of it, type in some key words, from the book, that might put you on the right trail. Use important events and morals to start off, then add on. Google is the best search engine to use, so stick to it. If you still can't find it, go to wherever you got the book from and see if they can pull up your check-out record. Don't fret. You'll find it with perseverance.

    GOD Bless,

    ~Katherine~

  • 1 decade ago

    Found it - Janie changed her name to Leshaya in "Born Blue" by Han Nolan

    http://www.amazon.com/Born-Blue-Han-Nolan/dp/01520...

    "Publishers Weekly Review: Nolan (Dancing on the Edge ) uses boldly honest first-person narrative to recount the saga of an emotionally disturbed teen, whose life-affirming passion for music constantly conflicts with her self-destructive tendencies. Abandoned by her mother, neglected by her foster parents and later kidnapped and sold by her mother to a drug dealer, Janie finds her only source of happiness when she hears "the ladies"—Etta James, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan—sing. Janie is lily-white, but she identifies more with the music, culture and rhythms of her African-American foster brother, Harmon. When, at a young age, she discovers her own remarkable singing voice, Janie (who changes her name to Leshaya) begins getting the attention she so desperately craves. Her talent proves to be both a blessing and a curse, however, bringing her opportunities and, at the same time, magnetically pulling her into a world where fellow musicians use drugs and sex to heighten their performance. The protagonist's serpentine narration often picks up characters then drops them just as abruptly, mirroring Janie's treatment of others. Some of the developing relationships—her reunion with Harmon and her interest in a gifted songwriter, especially—demonstrate Janie's inability to connect with others to chilling effect. But other examples feel gratuitous once her pattern of behavior is established. By the time readers reach the novel's conclusion, they will have gained an understanding of the tragic heroine's fears, desires and warped perception of family, but Janie herself remains hauntingly elusive, adding to the impact of the book. The question of whether or not Janie will break her cycle of abuse remains unanswered, yet young adults mature enough to bear the story's intensity will also likely recognize the characteristics of this deeply troubled girl from their own communities"

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