Social Issues: Gang Rivalry

TITLE & AUTHOR

Bodega Dreams

Powerful, darkly funny, novel that brilliantly evokes the trials of Chino, a smart, promising young man who finds himself over his head in an urban underworld of switchblades and violence.

Breaking Rank*

17-year-old Casey has some of her preconceptions challenged when she tutors Baby, a member of the Clan, a gang-like society in her school.

Buried Onions*

19-year-old Eddie just wants to get by and leave his past behind, but finds himself inexorably drawn back into the violence of Fresno's mean streets.

Drive-By*

Jimmy always warned his brother Tito that joining a gang could only lead to disaster. But now, Jimmy is dead, gunned down in front of his brother and sister, and Tito must face the consequences.

Durango Street

When Rufus Henry gets out of work camp for Grand Theft Auto, he has only one place to go - back to Durango Street. Almost right away, he gets on the wrong side of the Gassers, has to join the rival Moors - and starts running for his life.

Leroy And The Old Man*

The wolves are one of Chicago's toughest gangs, and LeRoy had the bad luck to witness a murder they had committed. Now the Wolves are convinced that LeRoy squealed on them - and they won't be satisfied until they get revenge.

Makes Me Wanna Holler: A Young Black Man in America

A black Washington Post reporter who served time recounts his life and brilliantly shows why prison has become a rite of passage for many young black men.