The Rooftop Club: The Crew Strikes Back

By Tiffany Flowers

This is the second adventure in The Rooftop Club series. The members have to deal with the retaliation from the crew. Will the members of The Rooftop club prevail? Read this adventure to find out. Answer the questions at the end of the book to help you to understand how to deal with retalliation at your school and what you should do to work with your parents and teachers.

A portion of the proceeds from this book will be donated to the National Voices for Equality, Education, and Enlightenment (NVEEE). Visit their website: www.nveee.org.

Book Excerpt:

After what happened to all of us, most normal moms would set an appointment with the principal and get to the bottom of the issue. Not my mom though. First, she called everyone’s mom on the phone. She made me go to bed, but I could still hear her screaming and going off. She must have been talking to Sheila or Lulu’s mom. “Did you see what they did to Domanique? Oh no, that won’t happen to my baby. I am calling the police and going up to that school on Monday morning. I know the rules. Those kids can’t get away with doing that stuff.”

I thought my mom was bluffing until I heard the police knock on the door. I heard only a little, but enough to know that they filled out a report and left. I heard the front door close and lock. Then I saw the light go off in the hallway. I swallowed hard thinking about tomorrow. I know my mom was mad that she had to take off work to handle stuff like this, but I knew she was just trying to protect me. I figured that the crew would get us back after my mom came to the school, but I had to do something.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Golden Butterfly Publishing
• Release date: Dec 10, 2012
• ISBN: 9781301134656

Tiffany Flowers

Tiffany A. Flowers is a native of Chicago, Illinois. Born the child of an artist, she spent the majority of her childhood attending poetry readings, festivals, and art shows with her mother. This is where her love for art began. After graduating from Virginia Commonwealth University with a Bachelors of Science degree in Psychology and a Masters of Arts degree in Early Childhood Education, she went on to complete another Masters of Arts degree in Education from the University of Iowa. After completing her degree, she began her teaching career in both public schools and colleges. Tiffany has taught at several universities and colleges across theUnited Statesas an instructor, lecturer, and clinical professor. Those institutions include West Chester University in Pennsylvania, Saint Leo University in Florida, and Clemson University in South Carolina. During this time she was inspired to tell her students stories about her life. Her students encouraged her to write down her original stories and publish them. So, she began writing her stories in journals for the next seven years. She spent many nights and weekends crafting her books, writing academic papers, and working toward completing her Ph.D. in Literacy. Tiffany considers herself to be an educator, writer, reviewer, literacy advocate, philanthropist, and consultant.As a writer, Tiffany is the author and co-author of various academic articles, book chapters, and children’s books. Her academic articles focus on the area(s) of literacy, education, and literature. Her academic work can be found in the Journal for the Liberal Arts and Sciences, Urban Education, and The High School Journal. The titles of her published children’s book releases include I am a Sigma Gamma Rho Legacy, For those who stare at the moon, and Patterns are Everywhere: An Upside Down Pattern Book. She has been featured on radio shows such as theReading Circle, The Living Hope, Word Thirst Literary Journal, Virtuous Woman, Blogatique with Ananda Leake, and The Cover to Cover Show. She has been interviewed and featured on All the Literary Buzz Reviews, the examiner.com, the Written Voices Blog, the Booktown blog, The Author’s Hideaway, and Black Authors Books.As a reviewer, Tiffany has reviewed for several academic journals such as The Journal of School Leadership, The International Journal of Multicultural Education, and Equity & Excellence in Education. Tiffany’s professional reviews have been featured in various academic journals such as Teacher’s College Record, The Education Review, and The Journal of African American History. Additionally, she is currently the Literary Director of onixlink.com, and maintains the Golden Butterfly Reviews blog to showcase authors of children’s and young adult books to children, parents, teachers, and librarians.As a Literacy Advocate, Tiffany has written and received over $40,000 in grants to fund various research-based literacy projects in schools, community centers, correctional facilities, and preschools. Those projects are aimed at pre-K through adult populations and include but are not limited to the African American Read-in Project, The Buddy Reading Project, The Kindergarten Reading Readiness Project, The Kindergarten Mult-ethnic Literature Project, and the Tolerance Project.As a philanthropist, Tiffany support several charities through monetary donations from the sale of her children’s books. Those charities include The New Orleans Public Library Foundation, The Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. National Education Fund, and The L.E.A.D. Foundation. Additionally, she supports other organizations such as schools, community centers, international charities, and prisons through one time in-kind book donations.As a lecturer and consultant, Tiffany has presented at various local, regional, and national conferences such as the South Carolina Association for School Libraries, The National Reading Conference, and the Georgia Reading Association Conference. Some of her professional presentation topics for educators include Using Diverse Literature in the Classroom, Reading Strategies for Reluctant Readers, and Writing Diverse Experiences. Additionally, she has presented her work as a children’s author to elementary schools, colleges, churches, and preschools in the United States.Some of Tiffany’s accomplishments include being listed in Who’s Who among American College Students and Universities. Tiffany was inducted into the Order of Omega Greek Leadership Honor Society. She is a Frederick Douglass Teaching Fellow, and an Indiana University Faculty Fellow. She has appeared in the Easley Progress newspaper, The Advocate Newspaper, and the International Aurora Magazine. In 2010, Poetic Monthly Magazine listed her second book release, For those who stare at the moon as one of the best reads of 2010. Tiffany is also a member of various civic, community, and professional organizations that focus on literacy, diverse histories, and education.The majority of Tiffany’s children’s stories reflect a culmination of all of her experiences from childhood to adult. However, the ultimate goal of her work is to promote hope and creativity, and to bring joy into the lives of children. Currently, Tiffany is working on her fifth book release. You can contact this author or follow her work on the following websites, blogs, and social networking sites:E-mail: [e-mail] Channel: www.youtube.com/goldenbutterflypub

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The Rooftop Club: The Crew Strikes Back

Tiffany A. Flowers

Copyright 2012 Tiffany A. Flowers

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The characters in this novel are a conglomeration of the authors’ imagination, experiences, and observations. So, any similarity to events, people, places, and experiences is purely a coincidence.

A note to the readers of this series:

The Rooftop Club is a book series about kids growing up in the city. This is NOT a happy ending series. The characters in this series help the reader to explore what it means to be a kid in the city, dealing with problems, and living from day to day. Please enjoy exploring this series through the eyes of the characters