• Autobiography of my Dead Brother

by Walter Dean Myers
After the shooting death of his best friend, Jesse finds an escape from the ghetto in his sketchbook.

• Monster

by Walter Dean Myers
Steve writes a film script about his life and his trial for a botched robbery and murder of a store owner.

• Slam!

by Walter Dean Myers
Slam is counting on basketball as his ticket out of the ghetto.

• Street Love

by Walter Dean Myers
Does first love spell disaster for Damien and Junice? Read this free-verse story and find out.

• Imani All Mine

by Connie Porter
Tasha, 15, struggles with school and raising her baby in a neighborhood filled with violence.

• Push

by Sapphire
Precious fights to reclaim her life after suffering years of sexual abuse by her parents.

• Hip-Hop High School

by Alan Lawrence Sitomer
Theresa finds an escape from the bad times of high school in the sounds of hip-hop.

• The Hoopster

by Alan Lawrence Sitomer
After being attacked in a hate crime, Andre questions everything he once believed in.

• The Coldest Winter Ever

by Sister Souljah
Winter learns a brutal lesson about life after living with her drug dealer father and materialistic mother.

• The Dying Ground

by Nichelle D. Tramble
Maceo searches for the killer of his best friend on the drug filled streets of his Oakland neighborhood.

• Flyy Girl

by Omar Tyree
Good girl no more, Tracey begins to live life with a sense of adventure.

• Ballad of a Ghetto Poet

by A.J. White
Chico finds that poetry is his only escape from the inner-city neighborhood in which he lives.

• When Kambia Elaine Flew in From Neptune

by Lori Aurelia Williams
Living in a poor section of Houston, Shayla tries to understand the problems that shape the life of her new neighbor.

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