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  Yellow Star

  by Jennifer Rozines Roy

  Yellow Star is a Marshall Cavendish publication, written in poetry. About a girl trying to survie in WWll. A sad story with a great ending.
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  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)
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  The Coldest Winter Ever

  by Sister Souljah

  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)
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  Bang!

  by Sharon G. Flake

  Bang! Guns really sound like that, you know. Bang! And people bleed from everywhere, and blood is redder than you think. And little kids look funny in caskets. That's 'cause they ain't meant to be in one, I guess. Mann is only thirteen, yet he has already had to deal with more than most go through in a lifetime. His family is still reeling from the tragic shooting death of his little brother, Jason, each person... (more)
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  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)
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  Thugs: Book 1

  Thugs and the Women Who Love Them

  by Wahida Clark

  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…
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  Midnight

  A Gangster Love Story

  by Sister 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)
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  The Prada Plan: Book 1

  The Prada Plan

  by Ashley Antoinette

  Disaya Morgan's infatuation with money knows no limits, and she will do anything to get it. When she is accepted into a New York organization know as The Elite, she is under the impression that she will be a high-paid model, but quickly realized that she's stepped into a world of six and lies.
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  Chaser

  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)
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  The Cage

  by Ruth Minsky Sender

  From the German invasion of Poland in 1939 to the liberation of her concentration camp in 1945, the author chronicles an adolescence shaped by the horrors of the Holocaust but strengthened by the force of her own will.
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  Desperate Hoodwives

  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)
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  Snapped: Book 1

  Snapped

  by Tracy Brown

  Camille, Misa, Dominique, and Latoya are friends. Camille, the pampered wife of Frankie Bingham, wants for nothing. She tries to ignore his closeness with his coworker, Gillian. But when his indiscretions become public, Camille hits the breaking point. Newly divorced Misa smothers men with phone calls, emails, and drama. When she sets her sights on Baron, her quest to win him may cost her everything. ... (more)
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  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)
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  Dopeman: Book 1

  The Dopeman's Wife

  by Jaquavis Coleman

  New never before opened. May show some signs of wear due to warehouse stock. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy!
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  There Are No Children Here

  The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in The Other America

  by Alex Kotlowitz

  There Are No Children Here, the true story of brothers Lafeyette and Pharoah Rivers, ages 11 and 9 at the start, brings home the horror of trying to make it in a violence-ridden public housing project. Their family includes a mother, a frequently absent father, an older brother and younger triplets. We witness the horrors of growing up in an ill-maintained housing project tyrannized by drug gangs and where murders... (more)
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  Surviving Hitler

  A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps

  by Andrea Warren

  "Think of it as a game, Jack. Play the game right and you might outlast the Nazis." Caught up in Hitler's Final Solution to annihilate Europe's Jews, fifteen-year-old Jack Mandelbaum is torn from his family and thrown into the nightmarish world of the concentration camps. Here, simple existence is a constant struggle, and Jack must learn to live hour to hour, day to day. Despite intolerable conditions, he... (more)
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  Milkweed

  by Jerry Spinelli

  He’s a boy called Jew. Gypsy. Stopthief. Runt. Happy. Fast. Filthy son of Abraham. He’s a boy who lives in the streets of Warsaw. He’s a boy who steals food for himself and the other orphans. He’s a boy who believes in bread, mothers, and angels. He’s a boy who wants to be a Nazi some day, with tall shiny jackboots and a gleaming Eagle hat of his own. Until the day that suddenly makes him change his mind. And... (more)
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  B-More Careful

  by Shannon Holmes

  Growing up on the cold, mean, inner-city streets of Baltimore is Netta, leader of an all girl clique called the Pussy Pound. With no father and a dope fiend for a mother, Netta learns at an early age to use her beauty and her body to get the things she wants, money, cars, and jewelry. Chasing the almighty dollar, Netta meets Black, a local drug dealer with a deep seeded hatred for New Yorkers, who fall head over... (more)
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  Flexin & Sexin

  Sexy Street Tales Volume 1

  by K'wan

  Flexin & Sexin is an urban and erotic anthology penned by some of street lit's and erotica's hottest writers. Join best selling authors K'wan, Anna J and Erick S. Gray as they take readers on a wild ride from the sheets to the streets.
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  Snow White: A Survival Story

  by Anna J.

  Anna J. is back with a riveting novel depicting the devastation caused by cocaine use in a Southwest Philadelphia community.Father: murdered. Mother: dying of AIDS from sharing needles. Uncle: one of the most notorious suppliers in Southwest Philly. To nine-year-old Journey Clayton, it seems that everyone she knows has been seduced by the powerful crack cocaine known as Snow White.Left to take... (more)