David: Mustafa Abubaker Wins Merit Award For 'Intangibles'

Mustafa Abubaker and Congressman Tom Price

The last time we featured Mustafa Abubaker, the writer of The Surrogate, was last month. About a month later and he's now one of the bloggers of the quickly growing 'The Right Kind Of Brownies' blog which features tons of interviews from people within the music and fashion world. But what's even more impressive is his recent Merit Award for a selection of his next novel Intangibles. He was in the top 5 percent of over 4,000 of America's most talented 17-18 year olds in all 9 disciplines offered. Now that's making smart cool.

Be sure to check out Mustafa Abubaker's first novel The Surrogate!
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David: TKFV Introduction - 17 Year Old Mustafa Abubaker And His Book, The Surrogate

Mustafa Abubaker at a book signing

Our homie Mustafa Abubaker, a 17 year old senior at Woodward Academy in Atlanta, shot us an email the other day about his first novel, The Surrogate. Of course Gray and myself were interested the first minute we opened up the email and began reading it because we are huge supporters of young people like us chasing their dreams and making them into realities. Young musicians, directors, and in this case young authors have TKFV's support and attention 100%. Check out Mustafa's biography below:

Biography:

Mustafa Abubaker penned a 108 page novel, The Surrogate, dealing with the coming-of-age of an unknowingly adopted child through the eyes of his father. Despite abundant loss, the characters exemplify perseverance, providing a very realistic approach to many of life's obstacles. Mustafa is currently hard at work promoting his novel and has his eyes set on a future that heavily involves writing.

The Surrogate

The book's website - http://thesurrogate.org/ (you can also order copies of the book here)

The Facebook Fanpage (to stay up on everything) - http://www.facebook.com/mustafaabubakerbooks

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