Serenity

by S.R. Harris

Growing up in the MLK Low-income housing development projects in South Philadelphia, Serenity James is doing great in school, and she has her friends--her girls.

She knows that she will get a full scholarship to her dream college, but then, she meets bad boy Carter Michaels. Carter is dangerous, and everything that her mother warned her to stay away from, but there is something about him that pull her deeper into his world.

Will Serenity give up her college dreams to stay in Carter's world forever, or will her love be strong enough to pull him out of the world of drugs, drive-by shootings, and death, or will they both end up just another statistic?

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First published January 1, 2025

About the author

I started writing the books in the A Sheep called Skye series 10 years ago after spending a lot of time with sheep on the Isle of Skye. My books are fables – stories about the animal world which relate to the human world. Children can enjoy them simply as a story, or adults can read between the lines and discover another way of looking at the world.
I live part of the year on the Isle of Skye and spend the rest of my time in Brussels as my husband is Flemish. Some of my books have been translated into Dutch and are published by a Belgian publisher: I have written a book about ducks who can’t fly (Vlieglessen van een Vlegel), boys who find cocoa beans in vending machines (Het Mysterie van de Bienoboon ) and a girl who discovers she is special (The Godmother). These books have been the subject of numerous educational projects, both in Belgium and the UK , and I organise writing and poetry workshops and teach English to refugees.
My short stories have been shortlisted for the Asham, Ian St James and Bridport prize and are published in Wild Cards, the 1999 Virago anthology of writing women and Making Changes, an anthology published by Bridge House in 2008. I am now writing an adult novel which has something to do with … cows!