Filled with hope, compassion and love, From My Heart to Yours…Letters to My Young Sisters by Stephanie Brunner Tillman is a powerful and provocative work of nonfiction that is as savvy and streetwise as it is honest and engaging. Essential reading for young African-American preteens and teens, this self-help guide provides discourse on topics such as personal development, decision-making skills, and how to navigate the waters of peer influence and negative peer pressure. A collection of thirteen easy to read essays in all, the main premise is to surmount the challenges that might threaten a young person’s success-specifically, a young African-American girl’s success. Peppered with inspiring quotes from the Bible, among other notables, each essay offers a windfall of inspiration to help one overcome adversity, achieve personal success, or be true to one’s phenomenal self.