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Last year you spoke at my high school graduation. Before I knew who you were I was awed just by your presence. You are so beautiful! I turned to my “home girl” and I asked, “Who is that?” She replied, “Oh my God that’s Alexus Rhone; remember I was gone let you borrow that book…she wrote it!” From the moment you set down something inside of me urged to know you. At this point I didn’t know you were going to be the speaker at the graduation. When you opened your mouth and I heard your voice and the tone of your voice I knew that day I will be getting your books… well I had the honor of talking to you after graduation (I was so nervous to talk to you). Who knew the woman I once exchanged words with that I would become one of her biggest fans. After that day I went to every book store and library until I got my hands on “Premature Pleasure” I read it in one day, in that one day you have been on my list of favorite celebrities and yea I did say celebrity. You are my Beyonce of books.

The way Trekela live her life is so similar to mine. She lived and made mistakes. But from those mistakes and so many other things it helped her find her identity.

It’s 2:11 a.m. and I just finished your sophomore novel “Secret Shame” I can’t even go to sleep with out sending you this email. Yes, I know this email is probably so typical to you but I am not a writer and words can not express my admiration for you. But I will like to share the fact that God has blessed me with the “gift of Gab” I hope my gift touches someone the way your gift touches me.

I love the fact you made Trek a dark skin girl. THANK YOU! Its just so typical for most colored authors to make the main character light skin with curly hair you know? I honor your knowledge! I honor your gift! I honor your beauty! I honor your story! I honor you!

hey alexus my name is dawan and i live in new orleans Louisiana. when i left the city for the hurricane i went to Houston, texas and attended hastings high school. i was in the 9th grade center when you came to talk to us about your books and your experiences as a teenager and a writer. my math teacher mrs. stephany let me read all three of your books. i fell in love with them. my favorite of the three was backseats and bleachers. i think it was because it speaks about trek on a much more familiar and current level for me. she was in high school and i could relate more to her situations, the other two were just as good though. i really enjoyed them all. i can't wait to read the last and final book from the trek trilogy. by the way when's that coming out? anyway im an aspiring writer also and one day i hope to write books that inspire young people like myself like you have inspired me.

 my name is justice and your books are wonderful and they all taught me a lesson. I've read all your books. In Secret Shame, i was amazed at the things that were happening to rhodee and what marcus is doing to her while trek is on her side trying to help her when her mama said she was not aloud to talk to her know more!

Dear Alexus, i really like all your books and i think that i can relate to them and i really find them as useful in my life. I want to be a writer, so what types of things can i expect to get in my way? Was there ever a time when you couldn't find anything else to write. In your book i feel like trek because what she goes through at school.

Hey Lex! OK i got my two books from you on Dec 21 which was a Thursday i didn't actually start reading the Secret Shame one until DEC 26 which was a Tuesday and i finished the book DEC 29 Friday. my mother was laughing because i finished it so fast it was soooooooo good. it felt like i was there. then it felt like my life because Rhodee reminds me alot of one of my friends who i ran into after reading the book. the only thing about her is she lies and she doesn't admit things like being molested or anything else.

I almost cried when I read you’re only writing one more book about Trek becuase i love you and your books and i feel like i am with Trek when she in trouble.

Hi Ms. Alexus. My name is Shanquelle and i am 13 years-old and this book that i read is really good. I really like to read but this book so far was my favorite book i liked this book because it talks about teenagers and how we always act. I am African-American also and reading these types of books are good. I currently live in Seattle, Washington and my best friend Naomi Fisher and i love your books alot. I hope that one day we will get to meet you because it isnt very often that u can get to meet very amazing authors like you. These words are from my heart and i hope you will e-mail me back. Luv, Shanquelle

i read your book and i gotta admit, it was the best book i have ever read. im reading backseats and bleachers right now and so far so good. my mom says trek is fast but the point is i love your books.

Hello,

I hope all is well in your life and also your family's. But what I'm really writing to you for is to tell you that you’re an extremely gifted writer. Those don't come around too often, I've read "Secret Shame" twice and still haven't been able to put it down.

Lex, I 'd like to say thank you for writing a book that so many girls can relate to. As soon as you announced the subjects of your books something told me I needed to read it. I love the book backseats and bleachers. I have never related to a character as much as I can relate to Trek. Every situation she faced I had a similar one somewhere in my life. In fact lots of girls are going to be able to relate esspecially the ones like myself who try to do right knowing the outcome if they do wrong but sometimes the bad, sad and imperfection gets the best of them. I love the tone and word selection. At times i found myself gazing off into the the nothingness of the air looking back to the moment when I to was in a situation like hers.And that's exactly what a good book or song does... Takes you back. The book, for us teens is classy and appropriate. I thank you for that. It touched on REAL subjects. YOU ARE A SMART WOMAN.And you know how to write a fine book. If i'm not mistaken you are coming out with another? And I kept my word I told people you definetly got skills and they where interested in reading my copy and I thought to myself wait a minute  I don't know if I want this book out my sight. It's that good.

Dear Alexus,
      Wow your book was soooo so so so so great. I couldn't put it down
and actually stayed up half the night for three nights straight reading
it because it was so hard to put down. Trek's journey was really hard
on her but she brought it on herself to be in the position that she was
in. Some of the story i couldn't believe what she had gotten herself in
to but she always found her way out. It was good that she decided to go
back to her mom's place because at her dad u could tell things weren't
going to be on a good point for her.Trek's mother reminds me a lot of
my mother with like most parents who have rules and want there children
to respect them Trek didn't have to break the rules for a boy, but then
again it can be tempting so i could relate a whole bunch on that note.
I really could relate on the whole step mother thing because i go
through the same thing with my father's fiancee. The book was filled
with lessons that teaches young girls that life may not always go
your way but you still have to live it and fulfill it to your very
best by not throwing it away to some boy knowing you have better things
to do. I'm not going to write a whole review on the book so, my last words
will have to be that I love the book and I really appreiciate meeting
you, you seem so down to earth and a strong black woman.

Mrs. Alexus Rhone you book was off the chain; I loved it. There were nights where I couldn¢t go to sleep without knowing what happened next in Trek¢s journey. The book was just like real life. I could picture me and my friends doing and saying some of the same things that Trek and her friends were doing. I can¢t believe that you really got to the nitty griddy on how girls really act to certain kinds of guys and what they would do just to be with them. I mean I know that you were a teenager, but I didn¢t know that people your age did things like sneaking out of windows and skipping school. Trek is amazingly smart if she just follows her first mind and stop worrying about how other people would feel.