Columbine... Isolated Victims, Ignored Signs.

About the Book

(1)In a world where hate, bigotry, poverty and false hope abounds, it same as though today our children are compelled to deal with intolerance, hazing, and bullying behind the walls of our schools as if it has become a part of their school’s curriculum.

The spectacle of a young individual’s life being snuffed out in the flower of their youth is not only heartbreaking, but it’s also a disadvantage to the world for the fact that that individual was robbed the opportunity to bless the earth with their talents and gifts, in addition to those whose lives they were called to bless. Within the past ten (10) years, stories of unspeakable horrific violence have introduced us to a new meaning of the word, “Heinous”. It’s no doubt sad and mind blowing the way people’s decisions and ignorant action in they ways of living preys on the innocence of others until it is translated into violence.

Whether its persecution, rape, molestation, bullying, physical, verbal, mental, and or sexual abuse, racism, hatred, bigotry, and intolerance for reasons unknown to us, these all play major roles in our lives and often rapes and destroys a part of our being and compel the weak to translate an abundance of hurt, pain and hate into what is know to the world as, “School Massacres”.

As an outsider with a clear mind and conscience we can easily judge those who had made harsh decisions such as executing massacres and or suicide. However, placing my feet into the shoes of one who once walked the street of depression I can say that most whom had killed others didn’t really wanted to commit the act deep down in their hearts, but when one is consistently beaten, abused, teased, hazed, and having their advantage taken, your mind becomes overwhelmed with revengeful thoughts, and I guest after being ignored help, feeling hopelessly lost, one makes that desperate call to end it all, not because they wanted to die, but because they felt no one cared that they lived.

My goal as a writer is to prevent others from not only throwing in the towel, but to also strengthen and educate those who execute these behavior of the damages they cause by joining into one laugh, one haze, and push up against the wall on other’s expense.

I trust that this book would bless the lives of both future attackers and would be victims and prevent if only One massacre from succeeding or rather one to rethink committing a shooting and or suicide.

About the Author

Deno Prescott Ellis was born on a small island in the country of the Bahamas, called New Providence, to the humble Parents of Mr. And Mrs. McDonald Ellis in nineteen hundred and seventy nine (1979), the last out of a family of six brothers and sister. As a young boy he went through a wealth of hardships and difficulties living in a single parent home after his parents had separated in nineteen eighty two (1982), when he was barely three years old. Deno and his siblings were treated as outcasts growing up into a community where your financial status determines your measure. He was hated by most, disrespected by many, looked down upon by some, abused by others, curst by a few, but cared fore by a hand full, which made the ultimate difference in his life. He buried himself behind the four corners of his bedroom, isolating himself from the outside world, where he often contemplated suicide, even attempting it at one point by attempting to drown himself into a river. Feeling lost and alone, not realizing his self worth, he had begun to lose his self-esteem. As a result of thinking very low of himself, in addition to suffering from depression and loneliness, he also battled with drugs, gang involvement, criminal activities, poverty, anger and many other demons any other teenager faces in a world where it same no direction, and begin to mentally drift into a valley of dried bones. After overcoming some, and understanding how to dealt with others, in nineteen ninety nine (1999), Deno P. Ellis dedicated his life to helping other struggling teens around the world by often telling his story throughout the world, where and whenever he get a chance too, such as youth groups, church organizations, and on mission trips around the world. This powerful young instrument is a prominent writer, motivational speaker, and a lifelong admirer of Oprah Winfrey, and has dreams of also becoming a talk show host some day like his idol Ms. Winfrey. He’s an up and coming author, recording artist, actor, minister and whatever else God leads him to do to fertilize this world by means of talents and gifts. Deno realizes that in order for the world to become a better place, we must first start with “The man in the mirror” as singer Michael Jackson ask us to do, and, “Be the change we want to see” as he sees himself into the eyes of a hurting child. Although this book is not personally based upon his life, traces of his personal experiences is composed and related throughout these pages, and he will go to the ends of the earth to share it with hurting hearts around the world. He is a wonderful person with a heart of gold, and has a desperate passion for helping those that are unable to help themselves in whatever way he can assist. I’ve known this giant of a person trapped into this little body for many years of his life, whom I had come to mentor from time to time, held, and was a shoulder for him to cry on, and though am happy to call him a friend, am bless to have him as a son.