She Remembered

She knew who she was when she walked through the door.

And then sixth grade happened.

Nova Cole is twelve years old and starting middle school for the first time in years. She has her locs and her sparkly backpack and her sketchbook and her morning ritual and the words her grandmother taught her before she could fully understand them.

You were born knowing exactly who you are. Your only job is to remember.

But somewhere between the first day and the winter showcase something shifts. A new friend group. A word said in a hallway. A sketchbook that starts living in her bag instead of in her hands. A morning ritual she rushes through because the girl saying the words is not quite herself anymore.

Nova is forgetting.

And the women who love her - her mother Reina, her grandmother Nana Rose, her teacher Ms. Carter - are going to make sure she finds her way back.

She Remembered is a story about what happens when a girl starts to shrink herself to fit into someone else's world - and what it takes to choose herself back.

For every girl who has ever left her sketchbook in her bag.

For every girl who has ever held herself back to make someone else more comfortable.

For every girl who is just beginning.

Remember her.

About the Author

Kendra Tamika is an entrepreneur, mother, and advocate for women and girls. She Remembered is the first book in the Remember Her Girls Series - a collection for girls and young women at every stage of their journey back to themselves. It is the companion to her adult memoir and empowerment book Remember Her, published by Remember Her Publishing.