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He set out to be the good son, but the streets had a different plan.   Born to one of the city’s most notorious crime families, Shai Clark has always managed to be a good kid. A college hoops star, Shai shunned the world that his father had created and focused on his dreams of going pro.... read more

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  • “Swan always knew that Shai had skills, but watching him was something out of this world. It was like poetry in motion.”
  • “If you wasn't family, then you wasn't shit. That was Shai's motto. The woman who had ushered him into the world was dead to him.”

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"PASS THAT BLUNT, nigga," Legs said, switching the dial on the beat-up Chrysler's radio.

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  1. K'wan (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Country: United States
Publication Date: July 14, 2005
ISBN: 0312333080
Page Count: 336

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Reading Level: Adults

Many adult themes- would not suggest this book for a younger audience.

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