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Gangs

The Outsiders

S. E. Hinton

Rivalry between rich and poor gangs in 1960s Oklahoma leads to the deaths of three teenagers and intense soul-searching for one of the youths involved, a sensitive fourteen-year-old writer named Ponyb

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Life in Prison

Stanley Williams

The author, imprisoned on Death Row since 1981, describes life in prison, warning young readers not to make the mistakes he made.

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Red Rider's Hood

Neal Shusterman

After learning that there are werewolves in his city, a sixteen-year-old is even more surprised to discover the identities of the hunters who drove them out decades earlier, but he soon infiltrates th

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Autobiography of My Dead Brother

Walter Dean Myers

Jesse 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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The Outsiders

S. E. Hinton

Rivalry between rich and poor gangs in 1960s Oklahoma leads to the deaths of three teenagers and intense soul-searching for one of the youths involved, a sensitive fourteen-year-old writer named Ponyb

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Gangsta Rap

Benjamin Zephaniah

When teenage Ray and his two friends, Prem and Tyronne, form a successful rap band in the London's East End where they live, they soon find themselves embroiled in increasingly violent gang warfare.

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West Side Story

Irving Shulman

Maria, a young Puerto Rican girl living in New York, and sister to Sharks gang leader Bernardo, falls in love with Tony, former leader of the rival gang, the Jets, setting the stage for tragedy.

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Romiette and Julio

Sharon M. Draper

Romiette, an African-American girl, and Julio, a Hispanic boy, discover that they attend the same high school after falling in love on the Internet, but are harrassed by a gang whose members object to

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Way Past Cool

Jess Mowry

A teenager's look at gang life in Oakland, California.

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A Terrible Secret

Ginette Anfousse

After the mysterious death of her younger brother, Maggie acts like someone haunted by a secret.

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