Michelle St Claire: 12 books

Brooklyn, New York is where it all begins. We are all teenagers, ranging from fifteen to seventeen. My cousin Pete is the youngest. He plays guitar while my brother, Benny, keeps time on percussion. Mickey rips it out on the horns while I take the lead on vocals. Our little band lights up Brooklyn,...

My name is Marisol Vega. I am Latina. Beautiful. Mesmerizing. A young mermaid filled with intrigue and power. A thinker of profound truths. A speaker of words like stone and fire. Yet no one hears me. My brothers scoff at me. They put their hands over their ears when I open my mouth. They forsake...

The SWAT swarm Mona Blaise’s house like heavily armed black bees to a honeycomb. They surround the exits, the windows, the basement door. With bated breath, they wait for the take down. This take down will be one for the history books. For the notorious Mona Blaise, drug kingpin, is defeated and...

She is the King’s principal wife, a Queen of the highest rank in the small African village. Hers is the admiration and respect from the villagers, especially from Mamma, the local shaman. Mamma sees trouble coming. She hears the whispers in the twilight. She notices the subtle change of the...

The university admissions letter slips out of Raina’s trembling hands. She sits down slowly on the edge of her unmade bed. For several minutes, Raina stares at the fancy letter laying on the floor. She has been accepted. Raina blinks in disbelief at the enormity of this quiet news. She has...

Carlos Alejandro Alza, a teen migrant from Guatemala, is no match for the Mexican gangs or corrupt coyotes. He is poorly armed, carrying only his late father's small fishing knife and an enduring innocent heart. Yet somehow, through a long and treacherous journey, Carlos comes of age, blossoming...

Told through the voice of a precocious Haitian-American urban tween, My Father's Soup is a story of hope and perseverance in the face of family strife. The Bassy family suffers division, financial pitfalls and extreme heartache as they grapple with the sudden changes of Mr. Bassy. Eventually, the family manages to dispel the darkness of family turmoil with the light of genuine family love.

Davanté Williams senses his mother slipping away. As her only child, he can easily discern between the usual buoyancy of his mother’s spirit and the now weakened trace that is leaving. Davanté’s skin prickles as the shadows of loneliness threaten. He cannot lose her now. He is too young. Barely...

The earth shakes like the fist of a revengeful tyrant despoiled of some precious jewel. Occurring beneath Max’s feet is a physical turmoil he has never known. His birth land is breaking before his very eyes. Max loses everything in the earthquake. A star soccer player no more. His life is...

Teenage Felicia smacks her rival across the face with the loudest of slaps. Her victim, a girl twice Felicia’s height and weight, helplessly staggers back, completely stunned by Felicia’s brazen move. “That’s what happens to anybody who disses me!” taunts Felicia. Felicia stands...

It is the happiest of times. It is the bluest of times. It is the promise of love. It is the dread of the future. It is two teen brothers caught in the middle of a tragic divorce. Willard and Charles Dareem slam their bedroom door to shut out the vicious bickering echoing from their parents’ bedroom....

Sonya Love softly clears her throat. She smooths her custom-fit sequin dress that was sewn by her mother’s expert hands. The mic is ready. The audience is ready. The band is poised, waiting for her signal. But she is not ready. It is too soon. The images of her brother, Dorian, languish in her mind....