In fact, Abigail says she has a new outlook on reading and has started going through books she has at home to reevaluate them for future reading material.

Although his books are receiving high praises from both students and teachers who are reading and using them in the classroom, Taylor has yet to find a publisher willing to market them to a segment of the population that seems to be longing for material that emulates their culture.

Taylor says he realizes there are many creative authors who are competing for an opportunity to publish their unique books but he believes that he has found an untapped market of buyers who will purchase what he is writing.

"The end product speaks for itself. Don't take my word for it. Place these books in the hands of a teen who, by his own admission, is a non-reader. Ask him to read just the first page. Then see if he can put it down," said Taylor.

"I am confident that teens will read these books and that teachers will want to teach them. I just need someone to publish them."

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