“Have YOU met possibly the Youngest Female Author in America?”

 

 

Dear Reader,

“Bryan Curtis started smoking at 13, never thinking that 20 years later it would kill him and leave a wife and children alone. In his last weeks he set out with a message for young people. He talked about quitting from time to time, but never seriously tried.
Plenty of time for that, he figured; older people got cancer, not people in their 30s; not people who worked in construction, as a roofer, as a mechanic.
He had no health insurance, but he was more worried about his mother, 57, who had smoked since she was 25.
He would say, "Mom, don't worry about me. Worry about yourself; I'm healthy”
 Louise Curtis remembers, "You think this would happen later, when you're 60 or 70 years old, not when you're his age."

His head, bald from chemotherapy, lolls on a pillow. The bones of his cheeks and shoulders protrude under taut skin. His eyes are open, but he can no longer respond to his mother or his wife, Bobbie, who married him in a makeshift ceremony in this room three weeks ago, after doctors said there was no hope.

In Bryan's emaciated hands, Bobbie has propped a photograph taken just two months ago. It shows a muscular and seemingly healthy Bryan holding his 2-year-old son, Bryan Jr. In the picture he is 33; he turned 34 on May 10.

A pack of cigarettes and a lighter sit on a table near Bryan's bed in his mother's living room. Even though tobacco caused the cancer now eating through his lungs and liver, Bryan smoked until a week ago; when it became impossible.

Bryan knew how hard it is to quit, but when he learned he would die because of his habit he thought maybe he could persuade at least a few kids not to pick up that first cigarette. Maybe if they could see his sunken cheeks; how hard it was becoming to breathe; his shriveled body; it might scare them enough.

So a man whose life was otherwise unremarkable set out in the last few weeks of his life with a mission.”  (http://whyquit.com/whyquit/BryanLeeCurtis.html)

 

5.4 million people die each year — one every six seconds — from lung cancer, heart disease or other illnesses directly linked to tobacco use. Smoking killed 100 million people in the 20th century, and the yearly death toll could pass 8 million as soon as 2030 — 80% of those deaths will be in the developing world, where tobacco use is growing most rapidly. "We're on a collision course," said Dr. Douglas Bettcher, Director of WHO's Tobacco Free Initiative.

 

My name is Alya Nuri and you have stumbled on my website and are now looking at this letter. Well as far as I know, I am possibly the youngest female author in America. Many of you are probably wondering how old I am and how did this happen?
I just turned 9 years old (in March 2009), and I started writing at the age of 7 with my mom (Zohra Sarwari)…I finished writing my books at the age of 7, but then had them edited, and re-wrote them like 10 more times so that they are really good, and at the age of 8 I had 3 books published in my name.
Now you’re probably wondering what I wrote about?
I wrote a series of books called, “Things Every Kid Should Know: Smoking, Alcohol and Drugs.” 

Are these easy topics to write about? No not really, but with the help of God, I read at least a hundred of books on these 3 topics and began writing my books. Of course, my mom, being an author guided me as well; I had a personal coach at home to help me do it the right way.

“My mission is to help the youth understand why smoking, alcohol and drugs are bad for them and for them to never try them.”  -- Alya Nuri

 

 

 

“One billion people will die from tobacco-related causes by the end of the century if current consumption trends continue, according to a global report released on Thursday by the World Health Organization (WHO).”

 

 

 

 

“Teenagers whose parents talk to them on a regular basis about the dangers of drug use are 42% less likely to use drugs than those whose parents don’t. More than 60% of teens said that drugs were sold, used, or kept at their school. 20% of 8th graders report that they have tried marijuana. 28 percent of teens know a classmate or friend who has used ecstasy (Teen Substance Abuse).”

 

 

 

My series, “Things Every Kid Should Know: Smoking, Alcohol and Drugs” is written in a simple way to bring awareness to kids about these topics that are hard to discuss. The series is an easy read for kids aged 8 and over  and hopefully they will learn to stay away from these things.

 

 

We have a special offer for anyone who wants to buy the books as a set.

You can buy all 3 books for only $20!

 

 

 

“Things Every Kid Should Know”,

an asset for Your KID, for Only $20.00;

not much for your child’s health & safety

 

I want you to remember one thing, each one of these books has a strong message about…drugs, alcohol and smoking that ALL of our kids should read…Don’t you want your kids to stay away from that stuff? Who better to explain it to them than one who is of a similar age or younger; let’s face it kids take advice from other kids; it is advice from a friend to a friend.

 

“An estimated 1.8 million (0.8 percent) of youth aged twelve and older are current users of cocaine.”

(http://www.teendrugabuse.us/teen_drug_use.html)

 

 

 

I have made this a win-win situation for everyone…Your kids’ benefit from the knowledge so that they never do this; YOU benefit for supporting a girl who wants to be a role model for other kids, meanwhile giving your kids an awareness about their own health and safety, and I benefit by helping spread the word to everyone about my cause…

Lastly, a portion from all money raised from my books goes to my favorite charity; I want to help build wells in Third World Countries so that people have fresh water to live a better life. I also want to donate money for food to people who don’t have it.

Take the chance now and make this happen…

Why should you buy these books?

 

 

 

 

Faithfully,

Alya Nuri