Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket.

Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket.

0374286698. Dust Jacket is in Very Good condition.; 1.2 x 8.5 x 5.6 Inches; 309 pages.

0374286698. Dust Jacket is in Very Good condition.; 1.2 x 8.5 x 5.6 Inches; 309 pages.

New York. 1992. Farrar Straus Giroux. Uncorrected Proof. Very Good In

New York. 1992. Farrar Straus Giroux. Uncorrected Proof. Very Good In Wrappers. ISBN: 0374286698. 309 pages. paperback. FROM THE PUBLISHER-Authentic, dark, suspenseful, inspiring-here is a novel about the street gangs of Oakland that brings alive the tension, drama, and pathos of America's urban reality in a totally fresh way. Gordon, age thirteen, is the leader of the Friends, a gang of black boys in their very early teens who struggle to hold a few blocks of bleak, ragged turf in Oakland-known to the homeboys as Oaktown—California. Fiercely loyal to their group, they live by a strict unwritten code of honor, ‘the rules' that govern their dealings with each other, their world, and the Crew, their neighboring rival gang. Though they are enemies, the Friends and the Crew share many common problems-especially the menacing presence of Deek, a sixteen-year-old drug dealer who cruises their ‘hoods in his sleek black Trans-Am accompanied by his unwilling bodyguard, Ty. Deek obeys no laws other than those of self-protection. He conquers and controls by intimidation, seduction, and lies-until he tries to set the two young gangs against each other. With tremendous fidelity to the sights, sounds, and smells of the street, with enormous lyric power and heart, and with an original gift for suspense, Jess Mowry portrays the life-and-death world of these kids-a world haunted by brutality and fired by fierce hatreds and equally fierce love. His is a shocking portrait of young kids living on the slimmest of edges. It is also an inspiring, even hopeful testament to the renewing power of love. JESS MOWRY was born in Mississippi in 1960 and raised in Oakland, where he was educated through the eighth grade. In 1988 he bought a used typewriter for ten dollars and started writing. His first book of stories, RATS IN THE TREES, won the PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Award in 1990. He lives in Oakland. inventory #21902.

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