Indentured Scholars – The Inner City Scandal is a suspense thriller that reveals the existence of a long-secreted academy that recruits children from the inner city.

Television journalist, Synthia Pearson, has been contacted by a frantic mother who is trying to reach her young son, LeDain, who is a student and resident of New Passage Academy.

Synthia is soon plunged deeper into the mystery and intriguing philosophy of the academy as she is introduced to the covert and extremely wealthy, Joseph Franklin, an original benefactor.

Politicians join an angry community as all learn that the children do not merely attend the academy but are actually raised by the school—parental interaction is highly limited.

Turmoil and confusion greet Synthia and her spiritually wounded husband, Chadric, as she struggles with her own painful past that speaks to the condition of many of our city’s public educational systems.

Synthia’s search for the truth is unknowingly hindered by the darkened efforts of Fellyard Beedley, a man whose wizened hands have patiently manipulated others across the centuries. All, save for Joseph Franklin, are oblivious to Fellyard’s true presence.

Has Fellyard’s reach extended to an academy that has been established for good? Has he influenced the mind of a gifted educator who now seeks out young LeDain for his own perverted interests? Will Fellyard withhold his silent touch on the many inner city schools that processes once promising minds into the ongoing cycle of suppressed achievement?

Leery of a secret academy that insists that the child be raised by the school—not by the parents?

Before you condemn that young mother, understand that her child’s nightly lullaby is a symphony of gunfire and sirens. Perhaps she prefers that the chalk be in her child’s hand and not used to draw his outline outside her door.

Stay Tuned!
COMING MARCH, 2008

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CONTROVERSIAL BOOK PROBES AFRICAN AMERICANS

(Craryville, New York, October 19, 2007) Able Journey Press ruffles some feathers within the African-American community with its April 2007 release of BLACK PEOPLE: FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY by W. Ivan Wright, a respiratory therapist in Ewing, New Jersey. According to sources at The Times New Jersey, the novel's protagonist, Jurney Swiftwood, is a carbon copy of Wright encompassing background, family values, authorial career, and philosophy. From cover to cover, Wright's alter-ego, Jurney Swiftwood, detonates dialogue that causes its story people and its readers to examine their perspectives, their lens at which they view the world from, their conscious and unconscious prejudices.

Current novels threaded with African-American characters are typically superficial and uneven with awareness-building social commentary and even weaker in encouraging paradigm shifts. While BLACK PEOPLE: FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY doubles as a corrective penance for Blacks and Whites alike, Wright spins an engaging tale that is fast paced, politically explosive, and packed with suspense at every punctuation mark. Wright seems to have the ability to tap into a reservoir of ancestral veins when fleshing out story people. "I've been told that I posses what the elders might have called an old spirit," says Wright, a graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Here is a novel that painstakingly delves inside people's patterned perceptions. Wright makes his case by drawing the inference that we must all take inventory of our personal stock. BLACK PEOPLE: FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY will provide readers of all ethnic persuasions with a mirror to see their fugue behaviors and awaken their consciousness while thoroughly engrossed in a fictional reality. To learn more about the author, visit www.ivanwright.com

Price: $15.95 * ISBN: 978-1-9342-4946-1* Publisher: Able Journey Press * Binding: Perfect * Page Count: 204

Urban Reviews Q & A
With Ivan Wright

Tell us about Black People: For Entertainment Purposes Only.

Black People: For Entertainment Purposes Only, is a suspense thriller that follows the character, author Jurney Swiftwood.
Jurney’s book has invited chaos in his once sedate life as many community entities have expressed their offense regarding the title of Jurney’s new book.
Adding to his mental whirlwind is the discovery that Jurney is the father of a wonderful little girl. Jurney’s soul mate, the older Selena, must affirm a new maturity in their now fragile relationship. All of this takes place even as Jurney is stalked by a politically sanctioned killer.

What inspired you to create this particular storyline?

It was the book’s title that first tapped me on the shoulder—and wouldn’t stop.
I wanted to develop a vehicle that would allow casual literary discussions pertaining to the power of perception—especially among the African American community.
The other inspiration is drawn regarding the duality of Jurney Swiftwood versus Ivan Wright. More specifically, just whose book is it? Hint—it’s Jurney’s.

Is there a message that you want readers to grasp?

It is my desire that the reader is somehow reminded of some of the many variables that construct the American perception of the black man and woman.
The primary message is that we are linked to powerful greatness in our social ancestry and the links can yet hold. We merely have to pick it up, re-examine the wondrous historical craftsmanship—and don’t let go.

Give us a sneak peak at your next novel Indentured Scholars: The Inner City Scandal and when we can expect this to be released.

Indentured Scholars speaks to the history of the indentured servant who was essentially a slave—pending completion of multi-year contract.
This thriller introduces the main character, television reporter, Synthia Pearson. She is seeking to confirm the rumor that for many years, a secret academy has been recruiting inner city children. The community and media’s uproar is founded on the belief that the academy requires the mother to sign the child over to the school—they, not mom, will raise the child.
A mother’s love must be tried in the unfair court of a seemingly apathetic public school system, compounded by the unrelenting hostility of her neighborhood. Even as she hugs her child close, her love gives preference to the chalk in her child’s hand at the blackboard—versus his chalk outline near her doorsteps.
This book will be released in the fall of 2007.

Tell our readers how you started your literary career.

While in college, I discovered a hint of the power of words; be it spoken or written. On my particular campus, of the thirteen thousand students, about two hundred were black. One’s voice is better “heard” in print—I endeavored to improve my technique of expression.

What have you learned about the book industry so far? Is it what you expected?

No! Forgive the loud answer, but the book industry is a mighty beast—mostly in a positive way. It has proven to be an ongoing learning experience as I still stumble, but more importantly, understand that it is a required part of the process.
I continue to be amazed by the sophistication of the industry, even while observing that it is also surging with growth and new frontiers.

What are your goals as a writer?

My current vocation of Respiratory Therapy has proven to be an exciting profession. I would however, gladly set it down for an opportunity to fully immerse myself in the literary arena.

What do you want the world to know most about you?

I am pleased if people understand that though we may differ in opinions, that I am sincere in my expressions. Be it print or speech, it is always my intent to join in the positive explorations of our African American journey.

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