The problem is, she can’t manage to nail her college application essay. She’s got a plan to attend New York University where she’ll study the greats and become the next Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison, or Alice Walker. One dream he doesn’t have to give up? Pursuing his crush-since-middle-school, Danielle Ford.ĭani Ford wants to be a writer. Prince has accepted that his situation means abandoning his dreams of attending college after graduation. His single mother has Multiple Sclerosis, and his younger brother, Mook, is a handful, but you won’t hear him complaining about the extra work and sacrifices involved in taking care of the family he loves. And even though he’s nursing a broken heart after getting dumped by his college-bound girlfriend, he does okay in the romance department.īut Prince shoulders a lot of responsibilities at home. He’s got a solid group of supportive friends.

At only seventeen, he’s already got a daily radio segment as DJ LoveJones, Detroit’s youngest and most popular advice-giving DJ. LaDelle uses these elements from her own life to write a great love story between two characters who break away from the YA stereotype. She talks about how she’d always been the relationship expert amongst her friends, about her lifelong dream of becoming a writer, and her love for her hometown of Detroit. At the beginning of Love Radio, author Ebony LaDelle includes a letter to readers that explains her inspiration for writing her first novel.

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