All You Are
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Publisher Description
Da'Quan would do anything to be in with "them"—the ones having the best time at lunch, going to the best parties, and getting the hottest girls, like Ashantay. When the mysterious guy gives him the gift of channeling, he begins to work his way into the inner circle. But what if channeling his friends' best traits comes with unpleasant glimpses into their true lives?
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A mysterious figure, "some kind of black guy fairy godmother," appears in Da'Quan's dream, offering him an unusual way to break into the popular crowd, in one of four novels launching the Gift series, written at a fourth-grade level. Da'Quan receives the gift of "channeling," enabling him to tune in to another person's essence. As a result, he acquires his friend Daniel's basketball skills, Shaquetta's fashion sense, and Terrell's comic antics. With this supernatural boost, Da'Quan sits at the cool lunch table and lands the girl he's been crushing on, but channeling also gives him negative traits like insecurity, anger, and inappropriate outspokenness. The story's friendships, family dynamics, and high school setting ring true as Da'Quan learns that trying to be his best self is the better play. Simultaneously available: Calling the Shots, Certain Signals, and No Regrets. Ages 11 18.
