If I Grow up
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Growing up in the inner-city projects, DeShawn is reluctantly forced into the gang world by circumstances beyond his control.
Author:
Strasser, Todd
Title:
If I grow up
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Imprint:
New York : - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages:
222
Edition:
1st ed
ISBN:
9781416925231, 1416925236, 9781416994435
Language:
English
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Statement of responsibility:
Todd Strasser
Characteristics:
xi, 222 p. ;,22 cm.
Author (Original Script):
Strasser, Todd
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Add a SummaryStory follows DeShawn, a boy in the projects, who lives with his sister and grandma in a neighborhood short on hope and long on teen pregnancies, gangs, drug use, crime and early death. We start with a DeShawn who still admires a local police officer and who avoids the gangs, and end up with a young teen desperate to provide for his family and willing to do anything for them, even becoming head of the gang.
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Add a CommentI really loved this book, I can't really explain why but it was just an amazing book !!