Way Past Cool
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Book Description
Gordon, age thirteen, is the leader of the Friends, a gang of young black boys who struggle to hold a few blocks of bleak, ragged turf in Oakland--known to the homeboys as Oaktown--California. When a more powerful sixteen-year-old drug dealer tries to set the Friends against their neighboring rival gang, the Crew, the dealer's unwilling bodyguard emerges as the key player in a drama that illumi... More
Book Information
Publisher | Perennial (HarperCollins) |
Binding | Paperback (17 editions) |
Reading Level | Uncategorized |
# of Pages | 320 |
ISBN-10 | 0060975458 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0060975456 |
Publication Date | 04/1993 |
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8/19/2007 Jess Mowry tagged as: Oakland California, innercities, drugs, gangs, African-American kids, Black kids
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