The Music in Me Foundation International is proud to announce its first young adult novel, Sparkle, as part of the organization's "Rap" on Reading Series. We are honored to have hip hop's chart topping recording artist, Big Sean's, stamp of approval through his insightful foreword. The novel was written by Michele Amira, who was 11 years old when she learned to read and write. She was only 14 years old when she was contracted to write Sparkle—the same age as Diamond in the st