Telling stories has been a popular method of how humans connect interactively and serve a purpose to educate, entertain, influence, warn, and illustrate. In African-American young adult (YA) literature, there are guides that dish out valuable advice or stories of their own that carries a vital amount of weight and significantly impact the protagonists’ life. The purpose of this thesis is to analyze the role of guides in African-American YA literature and their impact on the protagonist as it correlates to the realistic roles of academic advisors and their influence on the students by utilizing narrative advising theory practices.