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The stunning national bestseller now features an illuminating discussion with Sister Souljah -- her secret thoughts on creating the story that has sold more than one million copies worldwide and introduced readers everywhere to the real ghetto experience. Here are answers to the questions fans everywhere have been asking; the meanings and inspirations behind such memorable characters as Winter, Midnight, and... (more)

Tyrell

by Coe Booth

Tyrell is a young African-American teen who can't get a break. He's living (for now) with his spaced-out mother and little brother in a homeless shelter. His father's in jail. His girlfriend supports him, but he doesn't feel good enough for her -- and seems to be always on the verge of doing the wrong thing around her. There's another girl at the homeless shelter who is also after him, although the desires... (more)

The Dopeman's Wife

by JaQuavis Coleman

Prada Plan

by Ashley Antoinette

Yellow Star

by Jennifer Rozines Roy

Yellow Star is a Marshall Cavendish publication.

Ghetto Superstar: A Novel

by Nikki Turner

The reigning queen of hip-hop lit, Nikki Turner, takes on the music biz in this tale of a young woman who risks everything to be a superstar. Fabiola Mays was born to sing. She has a voice like honey and a body to match, but one heartbreaking setback after another threatens to derail her dreams of a recording deal. To make matters worse, it’s Christmastime, rent is past due, and the cops intend to kick her... (more)

Thugs And the Women Who Love Them (Thugs)

Thugs And the Women Who Love Them (Thugs)

by Wahida Clark

Essence® bestselling author Wahida Clark is all too familiar with the terrifying truths of ghetto life. The first novel in her gritty, gripping series takes you on into a world where a wrong choice could be the last choice a person ever makes… In a ’hood boiling over with sex, brutality, and crime, three friends are at a turning point. They can surrender to the streets—and the murderous men who rule there—or... (more)

Kiffe Kiffe Tomorrow

by Fai?za Gue?ne

He thought I'd forged my mom's name on the slip. How stupid is that? On this thing Mom just made a kind of squiggly shape on the page. That jerk didn't even think about what he was saying, didn't even ask himself why her signature might be weird. He's one of those people who think illiteracy is like AIDS. It only exists in Africa. --from Kiffe Kiffe Tomorrow "A tale for anyone who has ever lived outside... (more)

Desperate Hoodwives: An Urban Tale

by De'nesha Diamond, Meesha Mink

DREAMS OFTEN DIE IN THE PROJECTS In the first book of a drama-drenched new series, four unforgettablewomen will do anything to escape the hood. From their front stoops at Bentley Manor, longtime residents Miz Osceolaand Miz Cleo have seen just about everything and know all too well thatthere's no happily-ever-after in the projects. There's only the desperateneed to get out by any means possible. Aisha has what... (more)

Chaser: A Novel

by Miasha

How far will you go for love? From the Essence bestselling author of Never Enough comes a novel about an explosive love triangle that threatens to bring down a city. Leah -- Young, beautiful, and in love with the wrong man. Distraught after her boyfriend Kenny sets her up to take the fall in yet another of his schemes, Leah has no choice but to strike a deal with the police. Her world changes overnight,... (more)

Midnight: A Gangster Love Story

by Souljah

Sister Souljah, the hip-hop generation's number one author and most compelling storyteller, delivers a powerful story about love and loyalty, strength and family. In her bestselling novel, The Coldest Winter Ever , Sister Souljah introduced the world to Midnight, a brave but humble lieutenant to a prominent underworld businessman. Now, in a highly anticipated follow-up to her million-selling masterpiece, she... (more)

Pitbulls In A Skirt 2 (The Cartel Publications Presents)

Pitbulls In A Skirt 2 (The Cartel Publications Presents)

by Mikal Malone

The four gangstresses you love return to Emerald City more glamorous than ever! A passionate encounter causes Mercedes more than she realizes. With her guards down, her life is eventually put on the line. Always the tough one, Yvette softens her heart for the new love of her life. The problem is, she only expresses it behind closed doors. After a breech in security, Carissa realizes being a gangster is... (more)

Good Girl Gone Bad

by Danette Majette

Most people think when you say, I do all problems come to an end. When happily ever after seems impossible, three women transform from good girls to bad women. Just when they think they ve made it out of the grimy streets to a more ideal lifestyle in the suburbs, their lavish lives turn sour. Unfortunately, for the sexy threesome they are all suddenly faced with financial hardships that land them between a rock... (more)

Scandalous

by Gwen Cannon

Kesha is determined to get out of the 'hood and make something of herself. Kesha uses her poetry to stay focused and express her feelings. Nina, Kesha's older sister, is smart, beautiful, and has a damn good job, but she's in love with the neighborhood drug dealer, Raheem. Jamal is Raheem's brother, Jamal got out of the drug game and is trying to do something positive with his life. Will Jamal's past life pull... (more)

West End Girls

by Lena Scott

Snow White: A Survival Story

by Anna J.

Section 8: A Hood Rat Novel

by K'wan

Since she was a little girl, Tionna's on and off addicted mother taught her to get hers by any means necessary. Tionna's heart is as cold as a December chill, but she holds a warm place in it for Duhan, the father of her two sons, and her on-again-off-again boyfriend since they were teenagers. Duhan becomes her knight in shining armor until the government turns their dream into a nightmare. With Duhan behind bars... (more)

Always Running : LA Vida Loca : Gang Days in L.A.

Always Running : LA Vida Loca : Gang Days in L.A.

by Luis J. Rodriguez

By age twelve, Luis Rodriguez was a veteran of East L.A. gang warfare. Lured by a seemingly invincible gang culture, he witnessed countless shootings, beatings, and arrests, then watched with increasing fear as drugs, murder, suicide, and senseless acts of street crime claimed friends and family members. Before long, Rodriguez saw a way out of the barrio through education and the power of words and successfully... (more)

Night Trilogy: Book 1

Night

by Elie Wiesel

In Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel's memoir Night , a scholarly, pious teenager is wracked with guilt at having survived the horror of the Holocaust and the genocidal campaign that consumed his family. His memories of the nightmare world of the death camps present him with an intolerable question: how can the God he once so fervently believed in have allowed these monstrous events to occur? There are no easy answers... (more)

Black & Ugly As Ever (The Cartel Publications Presents)

Black & Ugly As Ever (The Cartel Publications Presents)

by Toy Styles

The gang you fell in love with returns from the street classic Black & Ugly! Parade Knight finally gets what she wants, a man of her own, despite hating her own dark skin. But as the nights grow longer and her sexual encounters become more frequent with her fiance Smokes, she wonders why she still can t seem to get her old flame Jay Hernandez off her mind. Faced with choosing between the man who proposed and... (more)

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Tags: ghetto

by Souljah

by Coe Booth

by JaQuavis Coleman

by Ashley Antoinette

by Jennifer Rozines Roy

by Nikki Turner

by Wahida Clark

by Fai?za Gue?ne

by De'nesha Diamond, Meesha Mink

by Miasha

by Souljah

by Mikal Malone

by Danette Majette

by Gwen Cannon

by Lena Scott

by Anna J.

by K'wan

by Luis J. Rodriguez

by Elie Wiesel

by Toy Styles