Underprivileged Overachiever

<p><p><b>Written with the ♥HEART♥ of a fighter!</b><br><br><b>Readers unfamiliar with memoirs will be spoiled rotten by this book. These are quick short chapters with powerful impacts laced in every turn of the page.<br></b><br>At age 14 I ran away but not from home - because I never had one to begin with. At school I participated in every sport club and after-school activity so that when the other kids finally left I could settle in for the night by my locker. I spent my childhood dealing with gangs drugs violence and my mother's mental illness but the real enemy was always poverty.<br><br>Y.A. Salimu almost feels too grown-up in this YA memoir as his compelling story occasionally shifts from gripping novel to raw ego putting the reader right there in the city with him.<br><br>Salimu's story is tough to listen to at times but ROARS of laughter await anyone brave enough to walk in this man's shoes. Readers expecting a sad Oliver Twist tale will instead find a confident talented protagonist who continually defies low expectations and inspires those around him.<br><br>While there is language sexual themes and a full blown rape scene (did he really have to include the police report?) all of these are necessary and never done for shock factor.<br><br>Underprivileged Overachiever is <b>SHOCKING</b> but there are a butt-load of lessons to be learned here.<br></p></p>