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Drama High #12
Pushin'
If only there was a potion to make all Jayd Jackson's troubles disappear. . .
Even though Jayd's finished with the AP exams and finally has some space of her own at her mother's house, she's got to deal with the drama all around her. Mickey blames Jayd for her ruined baby shower; Rah, her ex, is bristling over her renewed relationship with beach boy Jeremy; and her #1 frenemy, Misty, is hard at work conjuring trouble. With so much going on, it's hard for Jayd to concentrate on her spirit lessons and hair braiding business. But Jayd's determined to push back and claim some peace for herself, 'cause focusing on the gift from her ancestors could hold the key to bringing the chaos under control for good. . .
Even though Jayd's finished with the AP exams and finally has some space of her own at her mother's house, she's got to deal with the drama all around her. Mickey blames Jayd for her ruined baby shower; Rah, her ex, is bristling over her renewed relationship with beach boy Jeremy; and her #1 frenemy, Misty, is hard at work conjuring trouble. With so much going on, it's hard for Jayd to concentrate on her spirit lessons and hair braiding business. But Jayd's determined to push back and claim some peace for herself, 'cause focusing on the gift from her ancestors could hold the key to bringing the chaos under control for good. . .
256 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2010
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L. Divine
30 books624 followersL. Divine is a young female author of the young adult fiction series Drama High. L. Divine is also a priestess who is originally from California, has lived in Jamaica and currently resides with her children in Atlanta. She also holds advanced degrees in African American studies from UCLA.
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November 9, 2010
I believe that this is a very good book. I also believe that all books that L.Divine writes are very inspirational and outstanding.
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May 3, 2023Pushin
A lot of bull goes down. Jayd goes over to Rah’s to get the gift he got her for birthday. It’s a gold ankh necklace. Sandy pops up and she and Rah fight. Rah gets a call to “make a run” and asks Jayd to go with him. She agrees but Sandy throws the keys out the window. She then takes Rah’s car and speeds off with Rahema. Rah isn’t phased and asks Jayd to take him to handle his business. He sends a text to someone and says the parole officer can chase Sandy and then he’ll get custody of Rahemma. Jayd tells him to find another ride and heads home. (Rah gets a little too close to Jayd and starts to kiss and suck on her neck while putting on the necklace). Good thing Sandy shows up in time. The Spring Play is coming up, but the roles are limited. Jayd has the option of a blind lady or a little girl. Jayd chooses the little girl, but Chance pencils her in for the blind lady. Jayd says either way she’s good. Rah shows up at Jayd’s school. Jayd’s been ignoring him because he didn’t listen to her warning about Sandy. Rah gives what he considers “an apology” Jayd is over it but Rah takes her hand. Jeremy shows up. Rah backs down and dips. Jeremy lets it go “for now,” Chance tells her to just be honest.
Mr. A suggests Jayd add more diverse activities to her profile if she’s still going to apply for colleges in the fall. He suggests cheer. The idea doesn’t do anything for Jayd but he says it’ll show she’s a team player and she needs that to outweigh all the negative stuff. Jayd considers it. Nellie says she wants to go out too. Nigel gets together “a session” after school. Chance is acting differently. Jayd makes a note to talk to him. Jayd walks into an argument with Nigel and Mrs. Esop. He says he took a bullet for him and he owes it to him to raise his child as if it’s his own. Mrs. Esop says NOPE! Mickey’s not freeloading off her house. Nigel says it’s not over. Mrs. Esop says yes it is! Mickey gets on Jayd's case again for “getting in bed with the enemy”. Rah doesn’t show. Jayd doesn’t ask.
Jayd dreams of Chance’s bio mom giving birth (assisted by a midwife and Mrs. Carmicheal). Bio mom and adopted mom argue over whose baby it is. Adopted mom pleads with Jayd to help her. Jayd wakes up thinking WTH and vows to speak to Chance this day. Because Chance paid hooky, Jayd goes to his house to check up on him. She sees in his mind he knows the truth and feels betrayed with his mother. He tells Jayd he’s going to South Carolina to visit the black side of his family. Jayd tells him *this* is his real family. Chance says he’s always felt out of place and now he knows why. Mrs. Carmichael pleads with Jayd to “make him see sense” but Jayd tells her she thinks his mind is made up. Mrs. Carmicheal tries to appeal to Chance but he’s not accepting her “love”. Chance has a bio granddad. Both of his other parents are dead. Jayd hopes he finds the answers he’s looking for and offers to drive him to the airport.
Mama isn’t happy with Jayd’s extracurricular activities because they have nothing to do with who she wants her to become. Jayd goes through with the interview to be a deb. Interestingly she find out her grandmother use to be one their sorority sisters. Mrs. Toni gets on Jayd’s case for not going out for the lead role of the play but Jayd is tired of being the go-to girl for going out for the roles for the black girls. Chance comes back more confident and with a new name “Chase” (his birth name). Once again, Laura and Jayd get into it over the lead role. Mrs. Sinclaire unsurprisingly hops to Laura’s defense.
Jayd has a dream she’s walking in the dark in an unknown location with voices telling her to go back that sound like her mother and Grandmothers, but Jayd keeps going forward. She hears a vraspy voice that says she’s there and belongs to us. Jayd r feels a and that seems to be leading her and tries to run but finds herself on a steep hill. She grabs her ankle. She recognizes the voice as Esmerelda’s. Esmerelda tells her she can’t run for her and stabs her in the back. Jayd wakes up next to Jeremy screaming. Laura and Reid (mostly Reid) come up to Jayd and try to apologize but Reid further goes on to say that Laura needs the extracurricular activities to look good to apply to a college. Jayd brushes them off and heads to class. At school unfortunately Misty shows up to try out and trips Jayd. Emilio and his guardian show up at Jayd’s to ask her grandmother to be the head of their spiritual house but she’s not interested and turns them down. His father pleads with Jayd that his wife has taken ill but Jayd says her grandmother has made up her mind.
Chance comes back to school with a grill and shiny jeams also. (UMM), Nellie isn’t feelin it. Jayd wishes she would have kept her mouth shut. The speeches are given for ASU officers and the voting taken place. Alia is chosen as secretary, Chase will be treasurer, Emilio will be Vice President and Jayd is president. (Weirdly speeches aren’t given. They’re passed around). Chance flakes on Jayd as a partner to read lines for the audition. Emilio offers to be her leading man if she’ll talk to her grandmother. Jayd isn’t hearing it. He keeps going on (practically threatening her grandmother) but Nigel shows up and says he’s there to take Chance’s place. They get the parts. Mickey and Nellie do what they always do (hate and bitch about Jayd stealing their men). Jayd also gets on the squad. Nellie does NOT! Earlier Esmeralda gets in Jayd’s head again. Misty doesn’t make it either. Jayd and Nellie go at it. The next class cuts them off. Chance makes it up to Jayd by driving his sports car. Then they all go Saturday the go-to support Jeremy at his surfing competition (Chance, Nigel, Mickey, and Jayd). Jeremy’s team comes in first in two of the competitions. After this Jayd and Jeremy go out to celebrate, but they run into Tanya (whose life in NY Jade learns through her new power isn’t what she claims it is). More drama with Sandy showing up at Rah while Jayd is braiding his hair. When she leaves her parole officer shows up and says she’s been missing her check in’s and she’s lied and said Rah is her fiancée. But she’s got a crucial court hearing on Monday.
Nigel stresses out to Jayd that he’s not ready to be a father. The reality is starting to weigh on being a father to a baby that isn’t his and having to get a job. But he hasn’t told Mickey. Jayd dreams she’s in the delivery room with her husband Mr. A. Both her mothers are there. The baby is a girl. Netta is the midwife. Mama cuts the cord. Her eyes are green. She names her Marie Jayd Willaims Adewale. During cheer practice, Mickey is there (along with Nigel and Jeremy) and he goes into labor. Jayd blows off practice and goes with Nigel and Mickey. Jeremy doesn’t go because Rah will be there. Rah is still on his bull and pushes up on Jayd while they wait. He actually tries to blame Jayd that she’s not in his harem anymore. Nothing looks like it’s gonna happen so they all go home (Other than Nigel and Mickey). Once Nellie sees what Mickey’s going through with the labor pains and decides she can’t deal and is OUT! Jayd is able to cool Mickey’s mind and take Mickey’s labor pains. HELLLLL NAH! YOU COULD NOT PAY ME!!! Mickey passes out. Her mother tells her she can’t get out until Mickey wakes up. Mickey finally releases her and Jayd vows to get Nickey’s caul. Nickey is born on Mother’s day.
On Mother’s Day, Mama gets a new stove from Jayd and Lynn Marie. They do a ritual to bury Nickey’s caul. Mama and Netta cook and they all go outside to take a break. When they come back something’s burning. Someone already broke the new stove. It was Kurtis who fell asleep warming up some chili fries. Mama throws a shoe and knocks him upside the head. Then she straight attacks him. She then proceeds to kick all Jayd’s uncles out.
My Thoughts
The first two questions aren’t really “discussion” questions. One is should Nigel and Mickey be teenage parents. Mickey doesn’t really have a choice in the matter. She already decided. Do I think she *should* have been a teenage parent NO, not by the way she’s acting but it’s too late now. Nigel made his decision also. Whether it was the *right* one I don’t know but like I’ve said in other reviews I admire it and especially NOW because Mickey gets worse and worse in character as the books progress. How he hasn’t just up and left her is a mystery to me. (Jayd to for that matter).
The other question is about is Chance handling finding out he’s half black the right way and should he have changed his name to Chase or kept it Chance. I do think he’s been a little too over the top with trying to emphasize his “blackness”. And it is a little jarring. I think he needs to take it down several notces. As for the name, I don’t really have an opinion but I wish the book would choose one and quit flip-flopping back and forth. If you're gonna call him Chance make it Chance. If it’s gonna be Chase drop Chance for good.
Is Jayd doing too much and if so which activities should she drop? Just a lil bit. And I really don’t even think it’s humanly possible to be on the cheerleading squad, a member of the drama club, and the president of a social organization, plus have a job and a side hustle. Is she a machine? I’d probably drop cheerleading. I made a mistake and started The Meltdown before this one and I was like HUNH. Since when is Jayd on the cheerleading squad? It just seemed VERY out of character. I think this series just tries to jam in drama to the MAXIMUM level and since a lot of it’s starting to repeat itself HEAVILY it needed something new.
Should Jeremy be jealous of Jay’d friendship with Rah and Mr A? I don’t know about jealousy but I’d be ANNOYED as hell because IM ANNOYED that she’s still hanging around this clown. And she definitely shouldn’t be accepting expensive jewelry from him. UH BAD LOOK JAYD. I don’t care what your mama says. That’s FOUL and it’s DISRESPECTFUL! If Jeremy is your man like you like to remind us every other page then have the decency to respect his feelings cause if the shoe was on the other foot you’d trip REAL FAST. Do you want him to still be wearing a chain Tania gave him? Didn’t think so!
Have you ever considered being a debutante? I don’t really think it’s something you can *consider*. I think more so it’s something you have to be *chosen* for and sponsored. I’m not sure how it works but I think just like in this book someone like “Mrs. Espop” that’s connected has to give you the hook-up.
Do you think Mrs. Esop is a good role model and should Jayd be more active in the sorority that’s sponsoring her? Umm. Verdicts kinda out on if Mrs. Esop is a good role model. I can kinda see why Jayd would want to be like her but she’s not the nicest person but then she’s kinda low-key right about mickey. I wouldn’t want my son with someone like her neither. But no I don’t think Jayd should go after this sorority because it seems to clash with her other spiritual beliefs so no wouldn’t be a good fit.
IF you could absorb your friend’s pain would you? O H HELL NO! Especially not birth pains. That is the very reason why I never got pregnant. And Mickey was so STUPID she didn’t even appreciate it. REALLY? Who complains about someone taking their LABOR PAINS?
Is Rah right to kick Sandy o ut? YES! I don’t even know why he let her stay there in the first place. She doesn’t do anything but get him pissed off. I guess he was trying to be nice because she’s his baby momma, but you can’t always be nice.
Rating: 6
A lot of bull goes down. Jayd goes over to Rah’s to get the gift he got her for birthday. It’s a gold ankh necklace. Sandy pops up and she and Rah fight. Rah gets a call to “make a run” and asks Jayd to go with him. She agrees but Sandy throws the keys out the window. She then takes Rah’s car and speeds off with Rahema. Rah isn’t phased and asks Jayd to take him to handle his business. He sends a text to someone and says the parole officer can chase Sandy and then he’ll get custody of Rahemma. Jayd tells him to find another ride and heads home. (Rah gets a little too close to Jayd and starts to kiss and suck on her neck while putting on the necklace). Good thing Sandy shows up in time. The Spring Play is coming up, but the roles are limited. Jayd has the option of a blind lady or a little girl. Jayd chooses the little girl, but Chance pencils her in for the blind lady. Jayd says either way she’s good. Rah shows up at Jayd’s school. Jayd’s been ignoring him because he didn’t listen to her warning about Sandy. Rah gives what he considers “an apology” Jayd is over it but Rah takes her hand. Jeremy shows up. Rah backs down and dips. Jeremy lets it go “for now,” Chance tells her to just be honest.
Mr. A suggests Jayd add more diverse activities to her profile if she’s still going to apply for colleges in the fall. He suggests cheer. The idea doesn’t do anything for Jayd but he says it’ll show she’s a team player and she needs that to outweigh all the negative stuff. Jayd considers it. Nellie says she wants to go out too. Nigel gets together “a session” after school. Chance is acting differently. Jayd makes a note to talk to him. Jayd walks into an argument with Nigel and Mrs. Esop. He says he took a bullet for him and he owes it to him to raise his child as if it’s his own. Mrs. Esop says NOPE! Mickey’s not freeloading off her house. Nigel says it’s not over. Mrs. Esop says yes it is! Mickey gets on Jayd's case again for “getting in bed with the enemy”. Rah doesn’t show. Jayd doesn’t ask.
Jayd dreams of Chance’s bio mom giving birth (assisted by a midwife and Mrs. Carmicheal). Bio mom and adopted mom argue over whose baby it is. Adopted mom pleads with Jayd to help her. Jayd wakes up thinking WTH and vows to speak to Chance this day. Because Chance paid hooky, Jayd goes to his house to check up on him. She sees in his mind he knows the truth and feels betrayed with his mother. He tells Jayd he’s going to South Carolina to visit the black side of his family. Jayd tells him *this* is his real family. Chance says he’s always felt out of place and now he knows why. Mrs. Carmichael pleads with Jayd to “make him see sense” but Jayd tells her she thinks his mind is made up. Mrs. Carmicheal tries to appeal to Chance but he’s not accepting her “love”. Chance has a bio granddad. Both of his other parents are dead. Jayd hopes he finds the answers he’s looking for and offers to drive him to the airport.
Mama isn’t happy with Jayd’s extracurricular activities because they have nothing to do with who she wants her to become. Jayd goes through with the interview to be a deb. Interestingly she find out her grandmother use to be one their sorority sisters. Mrs. Toni gets on Jayd’s case for not going out for the lead role of the play but Jayd is tired of being the go-to girl for going out for the roles for the black girls. Chance comes back more confident and with a new name “Chase” (his birth name). Once again, Laura and Jayd get into it over the lead role. Mrs. Sinclaire unsurprisingly hops to Laura’s defense.
Jayd has a dream she’s walking in the dark in an unknown location with voices telling her to go back that sound like her mother and Grandmothers, but Jayd keeps going forward. She hears a vraspy voice that says she’s there and belongs to us. Jayd r feels a and that seems to be leading her and tries to run but finds herself on a steep hill. She grabs her ankle. She recognizes the voice as Esmerelda’s. Esmerelda tells her she can’t run for her and stabs her in the back. Jayd wakes up next to Jeremy screaming. Laura and Reid (mostly Reid) come up to Jayd and try to apologize but Reid further goes on to say that Laura needs the extracurricular activities to look good to apply to a college. Jayd brushes them off and heads to class. At school unfortunately Misty shows up to try out and trips Jayd. Emilio and his guardian show up at Jayd’s to ask her grandmother to be the head of their spiritual house but she’s not interested and turns them down. His father pleads with Jayd that his wife has taken ill but Jayd says her grandmother has made up her mind.
Chance comes back to school with a grill and shiny jeams also. (UMM), Nellie isn’t feelin it. Jayd wishes she would have kept her mouth shut. The speeches are given for ASU officers and the voting taken place. Alia is chosen as secretary, Chase will be treasurer, Emilio will be Vice President and Jayd is president. (Weirdly speeches aren’t given. They’re passed around). Chance flakes on Jayd as a partner to read lines for the audition. Emilio offers to be her leading man if she’ll talk to her grandmother. Jayd isn’t hearing it. He keeps going on (practically threatening her grandmother) but Nigel shows up and says he’s there to take Chance’s place. They get the parts. Mickey and Nellie do what they always do (hate and bitch about Jayd stealing their men). Jayd also gets on the squad. Nellie does NOT! Earlier Esmeralda gets in Jayd’s head again. Misty doesn’t make it either. Jayd and Nellie go at it. The next class cuts them off. Chance makes it up to Jayd by driving his sports car. Then they all go Saturday the go-to support Jeremy at his surfing competition (Chance, Nigel, Mickey, and Jayd). Jeremy’s team comes in first in two of the competitions. After this Jayd and Jeremy go out to celebrate, but they run into Tanya (whose life in NY Jade learns through her new power isn’t what she claims it is). More drama with Sandy showing up at Rah while Jayd is braiding his hair. When she leaves her parole officer shows up and says she’s been missing her check in’s and she’s lied and said Rah is her fiancée. But she’s got a crucial court hearing on Monday.
Nigel stresses out to Jayd that he’s not ready to be a father. The reality is starting to weigh on being a father to a baby that isn’t his and having to get a job. But he hasn’t told Mickey. Jayd dreams she’s in the delivery room with her husband Mr. A. Both her mothers are there. The baby is a girl. Netta is the midwife. Mama cuts the cord. Her eyes are green. She names her Marie Jayd Willaims Adewale. During cheer practice, Mickey is there (along with Nigel and Jeremy) and he goes into labor. Jayd blows off practice and goes with Nigel and Mickey. Jeremy doesn’t go because Rah will be there. Rah is still on his bull and pushes up on Jayd while they wait. He actually tries to blame Jayd that she’s not in his harem anymore. Nothing looks like it’s gonna happen so they all go home (Other than Nigel and Mickey). Once Nellie sees what Mickey’s going through with the labor pains and decides she can’t deal and is OUT! Jayd is able to cool Mickey’s mind and take Mickey’s labor pains. HELLLLL NAH! YOU COULD NOT PAY ME!!! Mickey passes out. Her mother tells her she can’t get out until Mickey wakes up. Mickey finally releases her and Jayd vows to get Nickey’s caul. Nickey is born on Mother’s day.
On Mother’s Day, Mama gets a new stove from Jayd and Lynn Marie. They do a ritual to bury Nickey’s caul. Mama and Netta cook and they all go outside to take a break. When they come back something’s burning. Someone already broke the new stove. It was Kurtis who fell asleep warming up some chili fries. Mama throws a shoe and knocks him upside the head. Then she straight attacks him. She then proceeds to kick all Jayd’s uncles out.
My Thoughts
The first two questions aren’t really “discussion” questions. One is should Nigel and Mickey be teenage parents. Mickey doesn’t really have a choice in the matter. She already decided. Do I think she *should* have been a teenage parent NO, not by the way she’s acting but it’s too late now. Nigel made his decision also. Whether it was the *right* one I don’t know but like I’ve said in other reviews I admire it and especially NOW because Mickey gets worse and worse in character as the books progress. How he hasn’t just up and left her is a mystery to me. (Jayd to for that matter).
The other question is about is Chance handling finding out he’s half black the right way and should he have changed his name to Chase or kept it Chance. I do think he’s been a little too over the top with trying to emphasize his “blackness”. And it is a little jarring. I think he needs to take it down several notces. As for the name, I don’t really have an opinion but I wish the book would choose one and quit flip-flopping back and forth. If you're gonna call him Chance make it Chance. If it’s gonna be Chase drop Chance for good.
Is Jayd doing too much and if so which activities should she drop? Just a lil bit. And I really don’t even think it’s humanly possible to be on the cheerleading squad, a member of the drama club, and the president of a social organization, plus have a job and a side hustle. Is she a machine? I’d probably drop cheerleading. I made a mistake and started The Meltdown before this one and I was like HUNH. Since when is Jayd on the cheerleading squad? It just seemed VERY out of character. I think this series just tries to jam in drama to the MAXIMUM level and since a lot of it’s starting to repeat itself HEAVILY it needed something new.
Should Jeremy be jealous of Jay’d friendship with Rah and Mr A? I don’t know about jealousy but I’d be ANNOYED as hell because IM ANNOYED that she’s still hanging around this clown. And she definitely shouldn’t be accepting expensive jewelry from him. UH BAD LOOK JAYD. I don’t care what your mama says. That’s FOUL and it’s DISRESPECTFUL! If Jeremy is your man like you like to remind us every other page then have the decency to respect his feelings cause if the shoe was on the other foot you’d trip REAL FAST. Do you want him to still be wearing a chain Tania gave him? Didn’t think so!
Have you ever considered being a debutante? I don’t really think it’s something you can *consider*. I think more so it’s something you have to be *chosen* for and sponsored. I’m not sure how it works but I think just like in this book someone like “Mrs. Espop” that’s connected has to give you the hook-up.
Do you think Mrs. Esop is a good role model and should Jayd be more active in the sorority that’s sponsoring her? Umm. Verdicts kinda out on if Mrs. Esop is a good role model. I can kinda see why Jayd would want to be like her but she’s not the nicest person but then she’s kinda low-key right about mickey. I wouldn’t want my son with someone like her neither. But no I don’t think Jayd should go after this sorority because it seems to clash with her other spiritual beliefs so no wouldn’t be a good fit.
IF you could absorb your friend’s pain would you? O H HELL NO! Especially not birth pains. That is the very reason why I never got pregnant. And Mickey was so STUPID she didn’t even appreciate it. REALLY? Who complains about someone taking their LABOR PAINS?
Is Rah right to kick Sandy o ut? YES! I don’t even know why he let her stay there in the first place. She doesn’t do anything but get him pissed off. I guess he was trying to be nice because she’s his baby momma, but you can’t always be nice.
Rating: 6
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 6, 2010
I received an ARC copy of this book a couple months ago. I did enjoy the book overall but I felt that there were too many different story-lines going on at one time. I found that the addition of Jayd being a Voodoo princess was too much for me and I would have rather just focused on her high school life and friendships. I found a few other things difficult to swallow such as her guidance counselor telling her that unless she got into cheer leading, she would not be able to get into a good college. I felt that this sent the wrong message to some readers because Jayd is involved in several other student activities such as the school play and the president of another club. In addition she is also working two jobs out side of school. I felt that this book did show how teens can be overloaded but it didn't not really show the fallout that comes with that kind of pressure. I can see the appeal of these books and I was glad that I was given a chance to review it but I cannot say that I would read any more in the series.
September 27, 2010
L. Divine creates characters that are easy to fall in love with and who are so real! In the ninth book of the Drama High Series, Jayd, an ambitious 17-year-old from Compton, is faced with all sorts of challenges in balancing her busy and complicated life with school, her "special gifts" and her friends. The ambitious young teen has to find a way to navigate outside forces and influences that cause her to be pulled and prodded in multiple directions.
Divine's characters are beautifully crafted and complex, and so true to life. Each issue that Jay'd and the Drama High crew faces - from baby mama drama to identity crises - make excellent reading for any teen that's "pushin."
Andrena Mason
AAMBC Reviewer
Divine's characters are beautifully crafted and complex, and so true to life. Each issue that Jay'd and the Drama High crew faces - from baby mama drama to identity crises - make excellent reading for any teen that's "pushin."
Andrena Mason
AAMBC Reviewer
September 27, 2010
L. Divine creates characters that are easy to fall in love with and who are so real! In the ninth book of the Drama High Series, Jayd, an ambitious 17-year-old from Compton, is faced with all sorts of challenges in balancing her busy and complicated life with school, her "special gifts" and her friends. The ambitious young teen has to find a way to navigate outside forces and influences that cause her to be pulled and prodded in multiple directions.
Divine's characters are beautifully crafted and complex, and so true to life. Each issue that Jay'd and the Drama High crew faces - from baby mama drama to identity crises - make excellent reading for any teen that's "pushin."
Divine's characters are beautifully crafted and complex, and so true to life. Each issue that Jay'd and the Drama High crew faces - from baby mama drama to identity crises - make excellent reading for any teen that's "pushin."
July 9, 2012
I am realy in to this serie's because it talks about the harch. reality's or the black community
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February 27, 2015This book was good i really like all these books about Jady and the drama that be going on around her , and how she handle it .
May 2, 2018
The book I’m reading is called ‘Drama High: Pushin,’ and as I have read so far it is a very excellent book to read. The author really knows how to make the reader fall in love with the character. When I read the book I wasn’t so sure at first about reading it just because it was long to me. However, as I started reading the more I started getting into it more and more. I looked at the book and hoped I could become as great as a writer as her. The main character is the one the story falls on mostly because she has many drama problems coming to her by her friends and family. However, she keeps trying to keep her eyes on the prize and many of her problems started solving themselves slowly. The main character name is Jayd and this isn’t the first book the author wrote, it’s actually number twelve in all the other series she made. Jayd has problems with her ex-boyfriend as usual because ever since she got in a new relationship her ex kept trying to get her back but she wasn’t having it. Jayd also has to learn how to control her powers that she got from her family and the drama was making it no better. However, she got more focused on her powers and they started to solve the problem to her dramatic high school year. The author did a very great job on the book and she’s not even halfway done. I hope you decide to read this book but before you do read the ones before that chapter because you wouldn’t understand what’s going on. This book deserves a five star but I’ll only give it four because the series gets better after that.
May 10, 2017
This book was really good Mickey finally had her baby Jeremy and Jay'd are really strong but rah still coming up.
November 9, 2018
I love this book
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October 4, 2012In the story Pushin’ by L. Divine Jayd faced many challenges: her ex boyfriend wants her back and her current boyfriend is feeling more and more jealous every day because of it. Her current boyfriend’s baby mama is back in town temporarily, she hopes. One of her best friends named Nellie has turned into her newest hater hanging out with her worst enemy. And her other best friend Mickey is having her baby soon that has a caul (to be a priestess, which Jayd is also). When you get into her school issues you will find even more problems. Jayd had a meeting with her counselor and he told her she had to get her extra-curricular activities up. This only puts more stress and strain on Jayd’s already full schedule, she has a main character role in the drama club, she is the president of the ASU (African Student Union), she is a new cheerleader, and she works as a beautician at her grandmothers’ best friends hair shop. Because Jayd is trying to do everything, she is lacking in almost all of her responsibilities. The only thing she seems to be getting right is working, getting her money and being president of the ASU but that’s because they haven’t yet started to exercise on their powers. She doesn’t fully know all of her dance steps for cheerleading, and she doesn’t know all her lines for drama club.
With Mother’s Day around the corner Jayd had to keep her and her mother’s present, a stove, a secret from Mama (Jayd’s grandmother). She wanted to tell her so bad, but she was happy to see her grandmother’s tears of joy when she received her gift. Mama really needed her new stove to do her spirit work because she also had a caul as a priestess. But unlike Jayd she had more responsibility and had to deliver a lot on that Mother’s Day. As a Priestess Jayd, Mama, Jayd’s mom, and Netta (Mama’s best friend) had a ritual to perform to their spirit mothers. Their spirit mothers Oshune and many other spirits they believe protect and heal them from day to day.
Jayd at the end of the book gets back on track. But before that could happen she had to get a couple things straight. Her best friend Rah, who is also her ex-boyfriend who wants her back, baby mother Sandy has told her parole officer that they were to be married. This upset Rah to the point he kicked her out of the house but Sandy only refused to leave going crazy on anyone in her path. This only forced Jayd into the situation; by using her priestess powers to cool Sandy’s head and give her understanding she made sandy leave. Next on her list was to set her boyfriend straight by letting him know she wanted to be with him and only him. With her best friend Nellie the only problem left, Jayd tried to talk to her but Nellie simply wasn’t in the mood to hear her. And that is where the story ended. This was a pretty good book I would recommend it to other people but I would first suggest you read the previous books for understanding to this one.
With Mother’s Day around the corner Jayd had to keep her and her mother’s present, a stove, a secret from Mama (Jayd’s grandmother). She wanted to tell her so bad, but she was happy to see her grandmother’s tears of joy when she received her gift. Mama really needed her new stove to do her spirit work because she also had a caul as a priestess. But unlike Jayd she had more responsibility and had to deliver a lot on that Mother’s Day. As a Priestess Jayd, Mama, Jayd’s mom, and Netta (Mama’s best friend) had a ritual to perform to their spirit mothers. Their spirit mothers Oshune and many other spirits they believe protect and heal them from day to day.
Jayd at the end of the book gets back on track. But before that could happen she had to get a couple things straight. Her best friend Rah, who is also her ex-boyfriend who wants her back, baby mother Sandy has told her parole officer that they were to be married. This upset Rah to the point he kicked her out of the house but Sandy only refused to leave going crazy on anyone in her path. This only forced Jayd into the situation; by using her priestess powers to cool Sandy’s head and give her understanding she made sandy leave. Next on her list was to set her boyfriend straight by letting him know she wanted to be with him and only him. With her best friend Nellie the only problem left, Jayd tried to talk to her but Nellie simply wasn’t in the mood to hear her. And that is where the story ended. This was a pretty good book I would recommend it to other people but I would first suggest you read the previous books for understanding to this one.
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April 1, 2014In chapter one it introduces her and her grandmother's relationship. How religious her family is and how they believe in spirits. It shows how she has history with Rah her ex boyfriend. She really likes her new boyfriend Jeremy. She drives and is very responsible. You can tell Rah uses her a lot because he knows he has that type of control over her. She acts in school plays and is a honors drama club member. Jeremy her new boyfriend is white and that is unusual for her. His best friend is also a good friend of hers. His name is Chance. In chapter 2 she is a junior in highschool her guidance counsellor name is Mr. Adelizi. She goes to a good school but sometimes its awkward. Everyone around her is more privileged than she is. They have a silver spoon in there mouths unlike herself she has to work for any and everything she needs or wants. A girl named misty was her former best friend, but is now her worst enemy. Jayd sometimes talks to herself. Her guidance counsellor judged her before he knew her in his past and now feels stupid. He feels as though now Jayd has a great opportunity for college. He suggest that she does cheerleading or do a sport to make her transcripts have diversity. She finds out mickey is pregnant.
February 8, 2011
An interesting look, for me, into a mix of teenage, African-American, high-achieving, low-income LA culture. I thought there were a lot of strengths in the writing: good, engaging protagonist, positive and empowering images of child birth, respect toward elders, variety of characters and personalities. There were some weaknesses, too: no descriptions of protagonist's challenges (for example, her ASU speech was not presented, we did not get to read about her theater audition, nor was there a description of her cheer audition), therefore, her achievements read like magic rather than providing a genuine inspiration for success; also there was a lot of anti-woman language and a general misogynist feeling to the story (what's up with all of Jayd's best friends turning into mortal enemies? One gets the sense the author hates women); and despite all the pregnant girls and baby-mamas, there is no description of sex between the characters when they are clearly sexually involved.
May 2, 2011
Finally arrived today (1/19/11). Looking forward to reading this one.
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I recieved an ARC of this from Goodreads (!) and was really excited about reading a book involving AA characters. With that said, I didn't enjoy this book. It was actually a little less than ok. I didn't care for the characters and there was too much going on in the book. The main protaganist talks a good game about being above the drama, but the fact that she still seems to get in it totally turned me off. To be fair, I haven't read the other books in the series so that could be a problem. Also, I think that this series would probably appeal more to highschoolers. The high school drama was a bit much for me.
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I recieved an ARC of this from Goodreads (!) and was really excited about reading a book involving AA characters. With that said, I didn't enjoy this book. It was actually a little less than ok. I didn't care for the characters and there was too much going on in the book. The main protaganist talks a good game about being above the drama, but the fact that she still seems to get in it totally turned me off. To be fair, I haven't read the other books in the series so that could be a problem. Also, I think that this series would probably appeal more to highschoolers. The high school drama was a bit much for me.
December 19, 2013
I thought this book was very interesting. It kept me interested because it talked about different things that us as teenagers go through throughout high school. It talked about relationships,family problems, friend problems, and etc. I like the fact that the plot of the story kept me wanting to finish. The book kind of related to my life because of all the problems and issues the girl went through. I didnt like the ending because it was put into a to be continued type ending and i like to finish a story in one reading. I would recommend this book for people likes to motivate their self to do better.
July 8, 2011
This is the 9th in the series of Drama High books by L. Divine. They are an easy read for a pre-teen or teenager. The characters are highly developed and seem to come alive in the story. The story will hold you spellbound. I recommend this book for any young adult. The series is a great way to keep your teen reading during the summer.
July 11, 2016
Intriguing book. Jayd was a bit all over the place but she managed to fit it all into place without much troubles. She is learning to control her powers and gifts more without much trouble. This is probably one of the book of the series that has the least amount of drama. I can't wait for the next book.
October 9, 2011
Drama is all i gotta say. Rah's jealousy of her relationship with Jeremy, Mickey mad at her about the baby shower being ruined and she still has to do the ball. Misty's back at it again. It was a fantastic read and Jayd still out on top. Pushin' the drama away.
October 4, 2010
This book was awesome. I went out and got it the first day it came out. I still can't believe Chance met his birth grandfather and is now acting black, which nellie does not like.
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January 23, 2011i loved all of l. divines book are the bomb she is for sure my fav author lol
January 26, 2011
All of l. divines books are the bomb
May 21, 2011
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May 28, 2011I don't kno wht 2 think if I hadn't start reading it yet!
January 9, 2013
Rah really want Jayd and she get very mad because when she around her boyfriend Rah acts diferent and try to flirt with her.
April 8, 2013
Keeps you wanting more
February 11, 2014
The cheer thing is so silly. Jayd can bake cupcakes that get people out of jail. I think she can handle some damn college applications.
June 20, 2012
In the beginning, it was slow but I enjoyed reading this book.
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