Leah T. Williams
✍️ 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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📖 Sweet Like Sugar Cane
a coming-of-age novel set in St. Kitts that follows Gwendolyn Richards as she balances first love, family expectations, and the quiet power of her own voice.
A prequel to Neither Out Far Nor In Deep, this story captures the tenderness and tension of a girl caught between tradition and choice—and the roots of a legacy that begins long before anyone sees it growing.
✨ A rich, emotional journey about love, identity, and Caribbean girlhood.
🔍 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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🥭 Where the Guava Tree Stands
A novel-in-verse about Mina, a girl uprooted from St. Kitts and dropped into the unfamiliar rhythm of Orlando life. Surrounded by new faces and unfamiliar customs, she clings to memories of home and the guava tree her father planted as a reminder of where they come from.
As Mina finds her footing, she begins to understand that identity isn’t about choosing one place over another—but about carrying both.
✨ A lyrical, heartfelt journey of family, belonging, and Caribbean strength.
✊🏾 Black Girls Day Off
Three friends. One day off. A whole history waiting.
Maya, Kendra, and Destiny think skipping school will be all laughter and freedom—until a dusty old bookstore pulls them into an adventure that changes everything. One touch of an ancient book sends them tumbling through time, landing in the middle of some of the most powerful moments in Black history.
They stand beside Claudette Colvin on a crowded bus, calculate with NASA’s Hidden Figures as rockets roar into the sky, walk the thriving streets of Black Wall Street before its fall, and feel the pulse of Motown as music reshapes a generation.
Each leap teaches them something new about courage, resilience, and pride—but history has its price. To return home, the girls must face what they’ve learned and decide how their voices will shape the future.
Bold, magical, and inspiring, Black Girls Day Off celebrates friendship, honors Black history, and reminds every reader—especially Black girls—that their stories and their power are timeless.
⏳ Time can’t hold three girls determined to make history.