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2005., Washington Square Press Call No: 813 .54 Edition: 1st Washington Square Press trade pbk. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Joey Molina's family moves from California to a small town in Oregon where they are one of three Latino families. He has always been against any act of violence, but because he is Chicano, his classmates assume he knows about gangs. Aspiring to be an actor, he pretends to be in a gang to impress them. After being urged to start a gang of his own, Joey begins to question whether or not he is a gang leader or if he is still just acting.
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2006., Juvenile, HarperTempest Call No: Realistic FIC Myers Edition: 1st pbk. ed. Genre: Realistic, Realistic Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: 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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c2005, Juvenile, HarperTempest Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: 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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2006, c2005., Juvenile, AmistadHarperTempest Call No: REALISTIC F MYE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Jesse uses his sketchbook and comic strips to make sense of his home in Harlem and the loss of a close friendship.
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2017., Pre-adolescent, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Call No: FIC LARIVIERE Edition: First paperback edition. Genre: Mystery fiction Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Claudeline Feng LeBernardin's Grandpa Si was an actual gangster, and now he's gone Claude thinks she will take over the family business. Instead, her dad is in charge, and seems to be running it into the ground. When Claude tries to step in and fix things, she meets the strange character Alma Lingonberry, and is swept up in an adventure in which she learns what it truly means to be bad.
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2010., Raven Books Call No: REALISTIC F KOW Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Rapid readsSummary Note: Rosario Gomez, having given up gang life after his brother was killed, is working hard to be a good father and earn a promotion at his job when a friend from the barrio shows up and tempts him back into his old ways.
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c2010., Raven Books Call No: Realistic Fic Kowalski Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Rapid reads.Summary Note: Rosario Gomez gave up gang life after his brother was killed in a street fight. Now all he wants to do is finish night school, be a good father and work hard enough at his job at the supermarket to get promoted. But when an old friend shows up to ask him why he left the gang, Rosario realizes he was fooling himself if he thought his violent past would just go away. When his pregnant girlfriend is hit in a drive-by shooting, Rosario has to make some hard choices. Revenge means a return to his old ways, something he swore he would never do. But unless he takes action, his enemies will not rest until they've settled the score against him.
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c1990., Juvenile, Little, Brown Call No: [E] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Springboard booksSummary Note: Bertie's all-girl gang becomes involved in a harmless but heartfelt war with an all-boy gang, until Bertie's grandmother steps in with a perfect solution.
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[2019]., Charlesbridge Teen Call No: REALISTIC F CHA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "In 1984 Newark, Beatriz Mendez navigates romance, gang culture, and her family's past. After her gang-leader brother is killed, Beatriz gives up her dreams of dancing in order to run the gang. But her eyes are reopened to her dream of a career in dance when the school brainiac asks her to compete in a dance competition with him--but will the gang let her go?"--Provided by the publisher.
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2022., Adolescent, Charlesbridge Teen Call No: Historical Fic Charles Edition: First paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: In 1984 New Jersey, fifteen-year-old Beatriz Mendez dreams of becoming a professional dancer like her idol Debbie Allen. Then her gang-leader brother is murdered and the fierce Beatriz is forced to step into her brother's shoes to run the gang at a time when cocaine was the dominant force running the neighborhood. Her dreams of dancing are all but gone, and her mother, grieving over the loss of her son, has turned into a shell of her former self. Then a classmate asks Beatriz to join him in a dance competition and her passion for dance once again sneaks in.
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Ã2019., Adolescent, Charlesbridge Teen Call No: YOUNG ADULT FIC CHA Edition: 1st pbk. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "In 1984 Newark, Beatriz Mendez navigates romance, gang culture, and her family's past. After her gang-leader brother is killed, Beatriz gives up her dreams of dancing in order to run the gang. But her eyes are reopened to her dream of a career in dance when the school brainiac asks her to compete in a dance competition with him--but will the gang let her go?"--Provided by publisher.
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Ã2019., Adolescent, Charlesbridge Teen Call No: TEEN FIC CHA Edition: 1st pbk. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "In 1984 Newark, Beatriz Mendez navigates romance, gang culture, and her family's past. After her gang-leader brother is killed, Beatriz gives up her dreams of dancing in order to run the gang. But her eyes are reopened to her dream of a career in dance when the school brainiac asks her to compete in a dance competition with him--but will the gang let her go?"--Provided by publisher.
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2011., Orca Book Publishers Call No: Young adult FIC WATSON Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Orca currentsSummary Note: Cody and his friends get caught up in gang activity when they steal a park bench.
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2016., Carolrhoda Books Call No: [Fic] Edition: First American edit Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Mysterium Volume: 1Summary Note: Talented magician Danny and dwarf strongman Zamora try to find the connection between the disastrous end of the circus Mysterium, where Danny's performer parents were killed, and the disappearance of his guardian aunt, who is investigating sinister gangs in Hong Kong.
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c2006., Sleuth/Philomel Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Years afterwards, Ruben Hart tells the story of how, in 1929 Newport, Rhode Island, his family and his best friend's family were caught up in the violent competition among groups trying to control the local rum-smuggling trade.
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c2006, Adolescent, Sleuth/Philomel Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Years afterwards, Ruben Hart tells the story of how, in 1929 Newport, Rhode Island, his family and his best friend's family were caught up in the violent competition among groups trying to control the local rum-smuggling trade.
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c2006., Juvenile, Sleuth/Philomel Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Years afterwards, Ruben Hart tells the story of how, in 1929 Newport, Rhode Island, his family and his best friend's family were caught up in the violent competition among groups trying to control the local rum-smuggling trade.
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-- Playing deadBy Bowler, Tim2010., Adolescent, Speak Call No: Adventure FIC Bowler Genre: Adventure Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A fourteen-year-old British street person with extraordinary powers of observation and self-control must face murderous thugs connected with a past he has tried to forget, when his skills with a knife earned him the nickname, Blade.
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-- Blue screen[2016], Juvenile, Balzer + Bray Call No: [Fic] Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: In a near future LA, Marisa Carneseca is one of many humans with a smart device implanted into her head, allowing her to be connected to the net at all times. This device opens doors of opportunity, and all but closes the door on privacy. And when Marisa's friend introduces her to a virtual drug called Bluescreen, it seems safe enough at first. But any allusion of safety quickly fades away as Marisa and her friends finds themselves immersed in a potentially deadly conspiracy.
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2000., Vintage Contemporaries Call No: YOUNG ADULT Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Chino, a young Puerto Rican man with a bright future, looks to Willie Bodega, the New York City drug pusher who rules Spanish Harlem, for a favor and becomes ensconced in a world of betrayal and violence.