inner cities

Fourteen-year-old Shawn wonders if he would be better off starting high school in his mother's neigborhood, away from Compton, but the idea of leaving all his friends, and the beautiful Marisol, is less appealing.

Collection of six stories about the rage, frustration, and determination of inner-city youth written by a fifteen-year-old child of the inner-city.

Chronicles the 1991 season of an inner city Little League baseball team in Chicago's Cabrini-Green housing project.

Poems inspired by traditional nursery rhymes depict the grim reality of inner city life, including such topics as crime, drug abuse, unemployment, and inadequate housing.

This book is unlike any memoir you'll ever read. Moving in its frankness, it is a relentless tale of a resilient spirit who took on the worst of contemporary urban life and survived it with a furious wit and unyielding determination. Cupcake Brown is a dynamic and original storyteller who will guide you on the most satisfying, startlingly funny, and genuinely affecting tour through hell you'll ever take.--From publisher description.

Growing up in the inner-city projects, DeShawn is reluctantly forced into the gang world by circumstances beyond his control.

A collection of poems from the viewpoint of a young boy living in the projects.

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.

Follows Porsche Santiaga, a sharp-tongued, quick-witted young woman who refuses to accept her new life in group homes, foster care, and juvenile detention.

Stephanie decides to do something to get rid of crime and violence on her street, leading to a transformation of her school and neighborhood.