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EBOOK TITLE: Chiva
GENRE: Byte^Me Line Teen Fiction
AUTHOR: Jina Bacarr
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	DESCRIPTION: What if your best bud OD'd on drugs? What if his ghost told you that YOU were next? Heroin is no longer the vice of the inner city. Drug abuse is rampant in the suburbs. Take Dean Summers. He's seventeen, a high school senior, an athlete, and an A student.
He's also a drug user: chiva (black tar heroin), crystal meth, and bud. Kids buy drugs on campus and sniff it in class. When the ghost of his best bud, Pauly, (he OD'd on drugs) comes back to warn him that he's next, Dean's not convinced that it could happen to him. He doesn't have a drug prob, he insists. Even when he's told he has cancer, he can't quit using drugs. His best gal pal, Michelle, tries to help him, but Dean won't listen to her. The drug has a stronger hold on him. He's hooked... CHIVA takes teen readers to a place they won't soon forget. It's based on a true story about redemption and the power of friendship that knows no earthly boundaries. And the love of a girl for a boy that is timeless.
Reviews "Jina Bacarr taps into the reality of teen life and the current pressures they face on a daily basis with her new book, Chiva...Only when Dean hits rock bottom, as is so often seen with real life drug addicts, is he actually able to find the strength and willpower to change. With the help of true friendship and love. Jina Bacarr has created a strong, believable storyline that is a must-read for not only teenagers, but their parents as well. While the language may be slightly difficult for adults to follow (she provides a thorough glossary at the end to help), the book allows tremendous opportunities for discussions about drug and alcohol abuse, peer and parental pressure, and consequences of actions." Reviewed by Teresa Bushek for Timeless Tales, 4 STARS "Remember those tough years as a teenager? Dean Summers falls right into the fold of peer pressure. Coming from an upper class divorced family and feeling he can't connect with his parents, Dean is easy prey for his so-called friends...Told in the first person, this book is a very informative, in-depth look into the lifestyle of a drug user." Reviewed by Rita Porter for Inscriptions Magazine "I like to sit on a book awhile after I have read it. Let it digest in my mind and see after several days if it creeps back up into my thoughts. Some do, some don't! Chiva is one of the ones that do! Unlike any other book that I have read, Chiva has left a permanent mark on my soul." Reviewed by Shirley Johnson for MidWest Reviews

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Excerpt: "You blow snow, kid?" he asks me.

"Yeah, sure," I say, not looking at Michelle, knowing she'll send me bad vibes.

"How 'bout your chick?" Big Spender says, salivating as he checks out Michelle huddling between us. She shoots him a dirty look. She's not diggin' this convo. "Does she char herb?"

Michelle opens her mouth to say something, but I nudge her to keep quiet.

"She's not into drugs," I answer for her, suddenly feeling all protective toward her. I feel responsible for her, seeing how Michelle only came along on this trip to keep me company. And now this happens. If this guy makes a move toward her, I'll bust him.

Then this dude gets real pushy, pulling out more chronic and throwing the baggie into Michelle's lap. She freezes.

"Sure your chick won't have some?" he asks.

I toss the baggie back to him. "Like I said, dude, she's not into drugs."

He laughs and I wonder what else he's got on his mind as we head down the freeway, his big rig picking up speed. What am I gonna do? I've got to stay cool, keep this dude from getting any ideas about Michelle. I don't like the way he keeps brushing his hand across her knee. She looks like she's ready to send him coasting. I grab her hand, squeeze it. That calms her down.

"You two heading on down to Mexico?" Big Spender asks, cutting a rail of coke with a steady hand as we drive along the straight-away. My eyes bug out at the sight of the white powder, but I'm not gonna touch it. I swear.

"M--mexico?" I say, staring at the white snow on the tray, licking my lips, sniffing. "Yeah, we'll probably cruise on down."

Michelle freaks when she hears me say that. She lets out a big sigh. I know she's not into any of this, but what can I do? We're stuck with this dude until he makes a pit stop.

"I know a couple of guys across the border who can set you two up with peyote," he offers. "Real cheap."

"Yeah? Cool. We'll look 'em up," I answer, as I feel the truck slowing down, then swerve to the right as Big Spender snorts up the coke. White dust blows from his nostrils and the whole cab shakes. Oh man, I've never seen anything like it.

"Your turn, kid," he says, pushing the silver tray with the happy dust toward me.

"Don't touch it, Dean," Michelle says, her voice ringing out loud and clear for the first time in this convo.

Paranoia grips me like the coils of a rattler. What am I gonna do? If I don't sniff the coke, who knows what this dude will do next. If I do, I'm bummed and we both know it.

Author BIO: Jina Bacarr is a multifaceted writer who has written forty scripts (live action and animation) for television as well as business books on working for Japanese companies (How to Work for a Japanese Boss and How to Succeed in a Japanese Company). She has also written articles for Cosmopolitan, Orange Coast Magazine, Orange County Register, Travelers Tales, Guest Informant, The Learning Game, La Jolla Magazine, and she was a columnist for Micro-Times ("Sweet Savage Byte"). She has worked as a Japanese consultant for KCBS-TV Los Angeles and MSNBC. She has also appeared as a business consultant, drug abuse expert, and Japanese sex expert on cable, local and national TV, and on major radio networks. She is currently the "Lifestyles Editor" on The Tony Trupiano Show (syndicated radio program), doing a weekly segment on various topics. She was a commercial spokesperson for a major Japanese food company and she's appeared in a daytime soap opera and on stage in several theatrical productions. She also served with the U.S. Army Special Services in Europe. She is the creator, writer, and artist for www.SuzyIQ.com, a 2002 PRISM Certificate of Merit Award winner for her website for teen girls dealing with EDs (eating disorders) and drug abuse. She is also a playwright. Her play, "Crystal Girl" (about a Prom Queen wannabe who sells her soul to the devil [crystal meth] to get thin) was produced at the Malibu Stage Co. Theatre in Malibu, CA. She was the 2001 First Place Winner in the YA category in the Authorlink contest for her teen drug abuse book, CHIVA. She has studied the Japanese language and culture (e.g. the art of kimono) for many years. She also speaks French, German, Italian, and Spanish. She is a graduate of the University of California at Irvine.