Alicia Caldwell Henderson

Young, Dumb, and Naive Alicia Caldwell Henderson

Lexile Range: 900-1000LAzerica Christian is a 14-year-old girl who is determined to redefine her life. She's finally broken free from dry, private Christian schools and now she is a cheerleader at her new public high school. She has new friends, older friends. And their intent is to introduce Azerica to a whole new world of freedoms, even if she's too young to indulge. While Azerica is exploring a new life, her mother Candace, is also trying to redefine herself. She's broke and tired of having to depend on the fathers of her three children. Yes. That's right. Fathers. She has three children with two different men. Azerica's dad is a waste of life and currently locked up. The father of her youngest two children hurt her deeply when he ditched them. Candace is stressed with trying to figure out how to make ends meet and care for her family. She doesn't even notice the changes taking place with Azerica... Not until the unthinkable happens. That's when she must rely on faith to pull her family through.