Abdul Ghafur Faiz

Broschiertes Buch

Those Who Could Have Been Kings and Queens

Beschreibung

As the saying goes; "when the cat was away, the mouse will play", this is an extraordinary story about an 11 year old girl who disobeys her parents and she goes to school with fancy clothes, jewelry and money.she is manipulating her mother in allowing her to go to school with fancy clothes and jewelry becasue her father is very strict and would not allow her to wear those stuff in going to school. Basically she is confronted by a local extremely violent and dangerous street sub gang , who see her as an easy target because they recognize or know that she is new in town. they want to rob her off her money, jewelry and fancy expensive coat. She does not fully realize the immense danger that she is confronted with and that her life is in danger. She gets into a verbal confrontation with the gang members that could have easily escalated into a physical confrontation and her death. her mother told her to come home straight from school but she wanted to see the sight and sound of her new city.

Autor

ABDUL GHAFUR FAIZ was born and raised in the city of New York. Born on July 7,1949 in Brooklyn New York, was raised in Brooklyn the Bronx and Harlem New York in Manhattan. Attended the Lewis D. Brandeis High School in Manhattan NY. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology in Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs NY on April 17, 1980. Author was a candidate for the EDM degree in counseling psychology. Author attended the following graduate schools; Bankstreet Graduate College of Education, Teachers College -Columbia University, Fordham University in Lincoln Center Campus in Manhattan and John Jay College of Criminal Justice in Manhattan NY. Author is a retired law enforcement officer in NY, was a New York State Parole Officer, New York and New Jersey State Correctional Officer and a Guidance Counselor at Junior High School. Author has a total of 33 years of professional work experience. Currently, author has written 72 stories. The book "Those Who Could Have Been Kings and Queens" is the first of the many to be published. His literary accomplishments are the following; wrote a play -Noise from a Quiet Place, The Journey, The Binding, When Evil Stalks the Lands, Sins of the Father, Psyched, The May'e Ling Story, The Boxing Boy, Liar, Liar Skirts on Fire, Stop Running Deer, Pop Pop's Kitchen, The Medicine Man, Seven year-old Chef, Here Today, Gone Tomorrow and The Day the Earth Kept On Moving.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Xlibris US
• Seitenzahl: 84
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 280mm x 216mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 338g
• ISBN-13: 9781477155028
• ISBN-10: 1477155023
• Artikelnr.: 57165312