Leah t. Williams
🌺 Featured Book:
Where the Guava Tree Stands
Where the Guava Tree Stands
A novel-in-verse about moving, memory, and what it means to belong.
📚 Now Available in Paperback
📱 Kindle Exclusive through June 29
🎧 Now Available as an Audiobook on Spotify and more
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“A quiet but powerful journey — perfect for poetry lovers, new beginnings, and anyone carrying two homes in one heart.”
Praise for Where the Guava Tree Stands 🌟
“Williams’s wholesome, melodic debut sings a song of resilience, hope, and power… a luminous story of success and positivity.”
— BookLife Review
"Williams’ lyrical poetry and chronological narrative make for a lovely, flowing middle-grade read. Abundant sensory details immerse readers in Mina’s surroundings... Mina’s emotional honesty in lines like ‘my heart’s still home, split in half’ invites readers to consider how straddling two cultures feels." – Kirkus Reviews
“This paperback edition of Where the Guava Tree Stands is especially recommended for middle school, high school, and community library Contemporary Poetry collections for ages 12-18.” – Midwest Book Review
Full review will be published in June’s edition. I can’t wait for you to read it!
“A warm and tender immigration tale... Williams’ lyrical poetry and sensory details make for a lovely, flowing middle-grade read.” - Reader’s Favorite
✍️ About LEAH
🌴 Caribbean stories. Young voices. Real life.
Leah T. Williams is a Caribbean-born author and longtime educator whose work centers young people navigating change, identity, and belonging — always with heart, always with home.
🌺 From the Island to the Page
Discover more books by Leah T. Williams, born from Caribbean soil and soul.
📘 Neither Out Far Nor In Deep
A Caribbean coming-of-age story about Kadeem, who’s sent to live with his grandfather on the island after being suspended. What starts as punishment becomes a journey into culture, family, and the tricky path to manhood.
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🔍 Where Is Noemi
A suspenseful YA mystery about a missing sister, a trail of secrets, and one girl’s fight to find the truth — even if it means confronting what no one else wants to see.
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