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If I grow up /

Growing up in the inner-city projects, DeShawn is reluctantly forced into the gang world by circumstances beyond his control.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Strasser, Todd
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2009]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Gangs > Fiction.
Violence > Fiction.
Inner cities > Fiction.
Poverty > Fiction.
African Americans > Fiction.
African American men > Fiction.
Public housing > Fiction.
Realistic fiction.
Urban fiction > 21st century.
Street life > Fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Gangs > Juvenile fiction.
Violence > Juvenile fiction.
Inner cities > Juvenile fiction.
Poverty > Juvenile fiction.
African Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Description
Summary:Growing up in the inner-city projects, DeShawn is reluctantly forced into the gang world by circumstances beyond his control.
Physical Description:xi, 222 pages ; 22 cm.
Audience:Ages 12 up.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-222).
ISBN:9781416925231 (hardcover)
1416925236 (hardcover)
9781416994435 (pbk.)
1416994432 (pbk.)