LITERATORS' CORNER

--Ubaji Isiaka Abubakar Eazy It has been a while since I have chomped on a novel and felt this satiated. It is perhaps even more surprising that it is a novel in series; and I must confess that I detest waiting or looking for the next series of a story or film to know how a story finally ends (I'm for giv' me da 'hole mother fricking thin' or giv' me nothin' at all--pay no attention to my poor attempt at imitating the teenage characters in this novel, haha!). However, here is one story I need to know how it ends like my life depends on it! Two adventurous male teenagers decide to ransack a strange looking solitary house in the desert of Las Vegas and luckily find two gemstones following an attack by a ferocious dog. It turns out that these stones are not just ordinary stones and imbue their handlers with extraterrestrial powers like an ability to control plants and animals, breathe inside water, feel extreme strength and bolster self-confidence. But there is a h

                                      -- Ubaji Isiaka Abubakar Eazy Two major functions of the family as the basic unit of society are socialising and integrating its members into the larger society. Where it fails to do so, its members are forced to seek love, attention, and care elsewhere. Faced by the physical absence of parents or the lack of parental attention and care in their homes, many young Americans turn to the streets to adopt new families and friends that they pledge absolute allegiance to. Hence, many young children are easily drawn into the world of juvenile delinquency with peer pressure as an incentive for their violent and antisocial acts. The adult world is such a distant place from the world of adolescents cum teenagers, yet adults are quick to assume that they know all about youngsters (we fool ourselves with the 'been there, done that, and seen it all' mentality). We fail to see that the world is constantly evolving and our realities as teenagers might not