Pub Date: December 20, 1997
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 95040643
Lexile Code: 0560
Features: Price on Product
Target Age Group: 13 to UP
Physical Info: 0.25" H x 7.56" L x 5.28" W ( 0.16 lbs) 96 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Violence | Death Grief Bereavement | Peer Pressure | Action and Adventure | Family | Siblings | Boys and Men | African American and Black | General | Stories in Verse see also Poetry
Series: Harper Trophy Books (Paperback)
Description: Ewing offers a powerful look at gang life through the eyes of a young boy. When his older brother is killed in a drive-by shooting, Tito is shocked to learn that Jimmy was in a gang--and that the gang is about to come after him.
Brief description:
Bestselling author Lynne Ewing began writing as a way to unwind from her job with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services. She is the author of Drive-By, an ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers and a New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age; Party Girl, an ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, an Amazon Editor's Choice, and a Teen People recommended read; and the bestselling Daughters of the Moon series, which was also an ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers. She lives in Washington, DC.