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Author
Series
Bentley Manor volume 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
A pimp, a killer, a playa, and a drug dealer struggle to get their game right in a sizzling novel where leaving the life and trying to go straight is a deadly option.
Author
Series
Bentley Manor volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Follows the efforts of four young women struggling to escape the limitations of the Atlanta housing projects, from Aisha, whose fashionable life is abruptly halted by her husband's imprisonment, to Molly, whose low self-esteem blinds her to her husband's infidelity.
4) On the grind
Author
Series
Real wifeys volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
When her wealthy lover's wife ends their affair, cash-strapped Goldie accepts lucrative work as the star of a strip-club show until her obsession with luxury leads to a shattering act of violence.
5) If I grow up
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Growing up in the inner-city projects, DeShawn is reluctantly forced into the gang world by circumstances beyond his control.
Author
Series
Bentley Manor volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
In the second novel from the authors of Desperate Hoodwives, four women will try to escape Bentley Manor--a place no one has ever left unscathed... --Provided by publisher.
7) Get money
Author
Series
Real wifeys volume 2
Publisher
Touchstone
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Rapper Make$'s wifey, Harriet Jordan, finds herself out in the cold financially after Make$ is imprisoned for his role in the brutal rape of Luscious' friend and his business partner, Kaeyla "Goldie" Dennis, a misguided young woman who once ran a strip club out of her apartment.
9) Money hungry
Author
Publisher
Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books For Children
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
All thirteen-year-old Raspberry can think of is making money so that she and her mother never have to worry about living on the streets again.
10) Kiss the ring
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
From one of the most daring voices in urban fiction comes a sexy new novel about a modern-day Foxy Brown who goes undercover in a dangerous quest for revenge.
11) Moonlight mile
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Amanda McCready was four years old when she vanished from a Boston neighborhood twelve years ago. Desperate pleas for help from the child's aunt led investigators Kenzie and Gennaro to take on the case. The pair risked everything to find the young girl, only to orchestrate her return to a neglectful mother and a broken home. Now Amanda is sixteen and gone again. A stellar student, brilliant but aloof, she seemed destined to escape her upbringing....
13) Tight
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
After his quick-tempered father gets in a fight and is sent back to jail, sixth-grader Bryan, known for being quiet and thoughtful, snaps and follows new friend Mike into trouble.
Author
Series
Coldest winter ever volume 3
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
After suffering a horrifying, yet soul stirring death experience, worldwide top bitch Winter Santiaga, of The Coldest Winter Ever, is alive and facing a dilemma that every living person faces: how to respond to the Fear of God, awareness of heaven and hell, while pursuing and satisfying deep desires for sex, fun, love, money, revenge, and fame.
Author
Publisher
Bombardier Books, an imprint of Post Hill Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"This book is about "the least among us," and the extraordinary power of grassroots leaders who are transforming the lives of forgotten men and women in the most toxic neighborhoods. The strategies they applied in healing the most desperate communities also hold the key to healing our divided and empty nation today. From the lessons he has learned from witnessing the work of committed neighborhood leaders, Robert Woodson has gleaned ten fundamental...
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
With the fall of the Barksdale empire, and the ascent of a new young drug king in Baltimore, McNulty, Bunk and the rest of the detail continue to "follow the money" up the political ladder amidst a hotly contested mayoral campaign. Prez witnesses first-hand the role of inner-city education in the formation of youth as four students, Michael, Namond, Randy and Dukie, face dangerous decisions and adolescent angst in a city rife with the temptations...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Even as a hardened cop, things have never been tougher for Detective Vic Mackey. In this season, he must deal with a vicious, gang-related slaughter with no leads, the desperate attempts of an Internal Affairs detective to discredit him, and the looming threat of forced retirement. To top it all, he's obsessed with finding the killer of a valued Strike Team member and friend. Meanwhile, Shane hooks up with the Armenian mob and becomes a dangerous...
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