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Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
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Street LoveThis story told in free verse is set against a background of street gangs and poverty in Harlem in which seventeen-year-old African American Damien takes a bold step to ensure that he and his new love |
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A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a SandwichThe life of a thirteen-year-old Harlem black boy on his way to becoming a confirmed heroin addict is seen from his viewpoint and from that of several people around him. |
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Autobiography of My Dead BrotherJesse pours his heart and soul into his sketchbook to make sense of life in his troubled Harlem neighborhood and the loss of a close friend. |
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ScorpionsAfter reluctantly taking on the leadership of the Harlem gang, the Scorpions, Jamal finds that his enemies treat him with respect when he acquires a gun--until a tragedy occurs. |
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The BeastA teenager from Harlem struggles to save his girlfriend from herself when she develops a drug problem while he is away at a Connecticut prep school. |
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Hoop CityTony Hope's dream that he and his twin brother Mike will someday appear together as players on a National Basketball Court is shattered when Mike is paralyzed in a shooting accident, but Tony decides |
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Motown and DidiMotown and Didi, two teenage loners in Harlem, become allies in a fight against Touchy, the drug dealer whose dope is destroying Didi's brother, and find themselves falling in love with each other. |
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Motown and DidiMotown and Didi, two teenage loners in Harlem, become allies in a fight against Touchy, the drug dealer whose dope is destroying Didi's brother, and find themselves falling in love with each other. |
FIC Mye |
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ScorpionsAfter reluctantly taking on the leadership of the Harlem gang, the Scorpions, Jamal finds that his enemies treat him with respect when he aquires a gun until a tragedy occurs. |
Fic Myers |
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The ContenderA Harlem high school dropout escapes from a gang of punks into a boxing gym, where he learns that being a contender is hard and often discouraging work, but that you don't know anything until you try. |
Fic Lipsyte |
