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Public enemy

Classic gangster film tells the story of two brothers - one an honorable war veteran, the other a high-class gangster - that sold alcohol during the prohibition.
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Gangs

stories of life and death from the streets
Contains fourteen stories that explore the realities of gangster life and death in locations around the world.
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Gangs

Contains sixtenn essays that provide information about gangs for teens, discussing the consequences of gang violence, the involvement of girls in gangs, gangs in rural and suburban America, and breaking free of gangs.
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Defeating gangs in your neighborhood and online

Provides resources for how to deal with gangs wherever they're found, including avoiding them, keeping friends out of them, and finding resources to stop the violence.
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Ghetto brother

una leyenda del Bronx
A graphic novel which examines the true story of Benjy Melendez, son of Puerto Rican immigrants, who, in his youth, founded the notorious Ghetto Brothers gang in the late 1960s during a time of poverty, multiracial violence, and drugs. Eventually, as an adult, Melendez calls a truce with rival gang members and reclaims his Jewish roots after learning about his family history.
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Target

When seventeen-year-old Frankie Skinaway's incarcerated father and cousins try to get him involved in the First Nations Mafia, even after his mother enrolls Frankie in an alternative high school to keep him safe, Frankie has a hard choice to make.
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La vida loca

el testimonio de un pandillero en Los Angeles.
An involving autobiography about the author's evolution from an L.A. gang member to a community leader.

If I grow up

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

Hermanos en armas

Mart?n Luna est? en serios problemas. Y no existe una salida f?cil. Tan s?lo unos meses atr?s, una horrible tragedia se llev? a su hermanito, y ahora amenaza con arrastrarlo a ?l tambi?n. Por un lado, est?n su desesperada madre, un maestro simp?tico de la Escuela Secundaria Bluford, y una linda chica llamada Vicky. Por otro lado, est?n sus cuates, su antiguo barrio, y su sed de venganza. Dividido entre ambos bandos, Mart?n se encuentra en una encrucijada con el destino de su vida en la balanza. ?Cu?l camino elegir?? - Publicador website.

Quarantine

the Loners
When a virus deadly to adults infects their high school, brothers David and Will and the other students soon break into gangs that fight each other for survival and the hope of escaping their quarantine.

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