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Starry-eyed Chris has just started the dream job every outcast kid in town wants: working at Vinyl Destination. It's as rad as she imagined; her boss is BOSS, her co-workers spend their time arguing over music, pushing against the patriarchy, and endlessly trying to form a band. When Rosie Riot, the staff's favorite singer, mysteriously vanishes the night before her band's show, Chris discovers her co-workers are doing more than just sorting vinyl...
423) Gangs and drugs
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One of the founders of the Crips, a Los Angeles gang, tells the reader about the dangers of gang life, particularly of getting involved with drug use and drug dealing.
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The best-selling post-apocalyptic coming-of-age series continues. This is the story of a group of kids getting lost in the ruins of America and the things they find there. Sometimes you have to fight for what matters the most--your life, your loved ones, and your record collection.
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"Now that Phoenix has taken sole control of the Duffle bag cartel, he looks to expand his mighty narcotics empire from Memphis, Tennessee to Houston, Texas. In Houston, Phoenix encounters several deadly Mexican Cartels that are ready to assassinate him. Will he regret the expansion or will he smash everyone in his path? When the pressure becomes intense and those that Phoenix has come to rely on begin to plot against him in the name of fast money...
427) The road to winter
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Since a deadly virus and the violence that followed wiped out his parents and most of his community, Finn has lived alone on the rugged coast with only his loyal dog Rowdy for company. He has stayed alive for two winters-hunting and fishing and trading food, and keeping out of sight of the Wilders, an armed and dangerous gang that controls the north, led by a ruthless man named Ramage. But Finn's isolation is shattered when a girl runs onto the beach....
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"A story about the things that matter most--your life, your loved ones, and your record collection. The world has ended. All that remains are gangs of children living among the ruins. But 16-year-old Sid believes there must be something more out there. When she disappears, her gang will risk everything to bring her home. The creative team behind smash hit 4 Kids Walk Into A Bank brings you a post-apocalyptic coming-of-age story unlike anything you've...
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When the smoke clears after the devastation Cartier Timmons and her Cartier Cartel experienced in New York, she's determined to leave the fast life behind once and for all. Now in South Beach, Miami, Cartier is living the peaceful, yet lavish life in paradise when her daughter is snatched away by the hands of ruthless criminals looking for an epic payday. Cartier jumps back into the game with Lil Mama and Quinn, a new member of the Cartel, at her...
431) Feel the noise
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After a run-in with local criminals, aspiring Harlem rapper Rob flees to a place and father he never knew, and finds his salvation in Reggaeton, a spicy blend of hip-hop, reggae and Latin beats. Puerto Rico is the spiritual home of Reggaeton, and inspires Rob and his half-brother Javi to pursue their dream of becoming Reggaeton stars. Together with a dancer named C.C., they learn what it means to stay true to themselves and each other. They overcome...
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"A legend in the biker community, Peter 'Big Pete' James was the most revered gangster in the Chicagoland Outlaws. He first perfected his skills with the Hells Angels, the Outlaws' chief rival, before persuading thousands of disgruntled members from splintered Outlaw Clubs to unite. Together they formed a powerful criminal syndicate involved in extortion, contract murders, drugs and arms trafficking, money laundering, and assassinations. Then a shocking...
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For years, Frank Castle waged war on crime in New York. But when a town in Mexico is wiped out by a mysterious chemical, he packs his bags for the coast. Frank tracks the chemical to Los Angeles and takes on the powerful Dos Soles gang - but they have a new weapon of shocking power. Now, the Punisher must duke it out with A.I.M., even as the Dos Soles' takeover of Los Angeles begins and war breaks out in the streets! Will the city burn, or can Frank...
434) Dirt road home
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At Hellenweiler, a reformatory for second-offenders, fourteen-year-old Hal Mitchell will soon be free if he can avoid the gang violence of his fellow inmates, but the real enemy may lie elsewhere.
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Peter Parker is on the outs with the Avengers. He's on the outs with the Fantastic Four. He's on the outs with Aunt May! No one wants to see Spider-Man -- except for Doctor Octopus. Doc Ock is on Spidey's tail, and the Master Planner has something truly terrible planned for when he gets his tentacles on Spidey. But what did Spider-Man do that has alienated him from everyone? And what moves is the gangster called Tombstone making? Just in time for...
437) Wolf's revenge
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Attorney-detective Leo Maxwell seeks an exit strategy from his family's deepening entanglement with a ruthless prison-based gang. Caught between the criminals and the FBI, Leo charts his own path in defending a young woman who was manipulated into brazenly murdering a member of the Aryan Brotherhood in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood.
438) Gangsta: 7
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"Prompted by a gruesome message, Marco heads out to rescue the kidnapped Constance. Drawn to a place he'd consigned to the past, he's plunged into a desperate fight against an enemy he once thought of as a brother. It's a time of betrayals and reversals, separations and farewells, as chaos threatens to tear the city of Ergastulum apart."--Back cover.
439) Borderless
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Caught in the cross hairs of gang violence, seventeen-year-old fashion designer, Maya, and her mother set off on a perilous journey from Guatemala City to the US-Mexico border.
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"Life on the straight and narrow is easier said than done for a pair of crooks like Jimmy Slash Braddock and Melvin Pecos Kid Baker. But these reprobates are doing their damnedest to make an honest go of it. Theyve managed to safely deliver a church organ to a mountain parish when their sometime employerChief U.S. Marshal Luther T. Bleed-m-So Blhe long arm of the law"