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Follows two teenagers coming of age in the midst of the Bronx drug trade as they experience budding sexuality, teen parenthood, and gang identity in a social examination of the challenges of family life in the face of violence.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: LeBlanc, Adrian Nicole (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Scribner, [2003]
Subjects:
Poor > New York (State) > New York > Case studies.
Youth > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
Youth > Drug use > New York (State) > New York.
Families > New York (State) > New York > Case studies.
Inner cities > New York (State) > Case studies.
Bronx (New York, N.Y.) > Social conditions.
New York (N.Y.) > Social conditions.
Youth > Drug use > New York (State) > New York > Case studies.
Inner cities > New York (State) > New York.
Youth > Biography.
Pauvres > New York (État) > New York > Études de cas.
Jeunesse > New York (État) > New York > Biographies.
Jeunesse > Usage des drogues > New York (État) > New York > Études de cas.
Famille > New York (État) > New York > Cas, Études de.
Quartiers défavorisés > New York (État) > New York.
Bronx (New York, N.Y.) > Conditions sociales.
New York (N.Y.) > Conditions sociales.
Familles > New York (État) > New York > Études de cas.
71.12 social stratification, social mobility.
Families.
Inner cities.
Poor.
Social conditions
Youth.
Youth > Drug use.
New York (State)
New York (State) > New York.
New York (State) > New York > Bronx.
Biography
collective biographies.
Biographies.
Case studies.
Études de cas.
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Summary:Follows two teenagers coming of age in the midst of the Bronx drug trade as they experience budding sexuality, teen parenthood, and gang identity in a social examination of the challenges of family life in the face of violence.
Physical Description:408 pages ; 24 cm
Awards:National Book Critics Circle Award finalist: General Nonfiction, 2003.
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, 2004 Nonfiction
ISBN:0684863871
9780684863870
9780965617475
0965617475
0743254430
9780743254434