Warrior Rising by MaryAnne Howland, read by Adenrele Ojo by PRH Audio

<b><b>An eye-opening look at one mother's determination to provide positive male role models for her son, and the power of great mentoring to change lives.</b></b><br><br>When MaryAnne Howland's son was turning thirteen she organized a "Black Mitzvah" rite of passage celebration for him. Max is one of the one-in-three children in America being raised without a father in the home. Among African-Americans, that number is reported to be as high as 72 percent. To help fill the father-shaped hole in Max's life as he transitioned from boyhood to manhood, MaryAnne invited four men from different corners of her life --an engineer, a philanthropist, a publisher, and a financial planner--to become Max's mentors.<br><br>Max has faced many challenges. As a boy without a consistent father figure in his life, as an African-American male in a time when race relations in this country continue to be fraught, and also because Max was born premature and as a result has cerebral palsy, he has had to be a true warrior. On the brink of manhood, his mother wanted to give him the benefit of men who could answer some of the questions she felt that she, as a woman, might not be able to answer. Through his adolescence, Max's mentors have shared valuable insights with him about what it means to be a good man in the face of life's challenges. These lessons, recounted in this book, will serve as a powerful roadmap for anyone wishing to support boys as they approach manhood.<br/><br/><br/>Available for purchase at:<br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0143129821?tag=randohouseinc7911-20">Amazon</a></p><p><a href="http://www.anrdoezrs.net/click-8373827-11819508?sid=PRHD39095A662&url=http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/?ean=9780143129820">Barnes & Noble</a></p><p><a href="http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-8373827-10747236?SID=PRHD39095A662--9780143129820&url=http://www.booksamillion.com/p/9780143129820">Books A Million</a></p><p><a href="http://www.hudsonbooksellers.com/book/9780143129820?utm_source=prh&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_term=301&utm_content=PRHD39095A662--9780143129820&utm_campaign=9780143129820">Hudson Booksellers</a></p><p><a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780143129820?aff=PenguinGroupUS">IndieBound</a></p><p><a href="http://www.powells.com/book/-9780143129820?utm_source=randomhouse&utm_campaign=randomhouse&utm_content=PRHD39095A662--9780143129820">Powell's</a></p><p><a href="http://goto.target.com/c/128773/81938/2092?subId1=PRHD39095A662--9780143129820&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.target.com%2Fs%3FsearchTerm%3D9780143129820">Target</a></p><p><a href="http://linksynergy.walmart.com/fs-bin/click?id=VD9*lkiWNd8&subid=0&offerid=183959.1&type=10&tmpid=273&u1=PRHD39095A662--9780143129820&RD_PARM1=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.walmart.com%2Fsearch%2Fsearch-ng.do%3F&RD_PARM2=search_query%3D9780143129820%2526ic%3D16_0%2526Find%3DFind%2526search_constraint%3D3920">Walmart</a></p>