Carmen, a popular junior at Cesar Chavez High School, is excited when Paul Morales, an older boy, pays attention to her and asks her out, but her family is worried that Paul might be in a gang and could be dangerous for Carmen.
High school student Eric is befriended by the hot, new rapper Fiasco and suddenly goes from being unpopular to being cool, but soon finds out that popularity has a price.
Red, vowing revenge for an attack on his grandmother by the Wolves, joins the gang to learn their secrets and how to defeat them, but his growing feelings of kinship with the gang members leave him facing a difficult decision.
Talks to gang members, providing an inside look at the reasons young people join gangs, violent crime committed by gang members, whether gangs can be stopped, and the difficulties of leaving a gang.
organized crime in America, from Al Capone to Tony Soprano
Sullivan, Robert
2002
A heavily illustrated history of American outlaws, from the early gangs of the Wild West and New York City to the gangster golden age and the growth of the mob, featuring profiles of key figures and special sections on molls, snitches, and movie and television portrayals.
The author tells about the experiences he had while investigating Japanese gangsters, known as yakuza, focusing on the several months he spent in the company of one of the top mob bosses.
underworlds and politics at the U.S.-Mexico Border
Rotella, Sebastian
1998
Tells stories of gangs, drugs, corruption, politics, illegal immigration and other unsavory aspects of life along the border of Mexico and the United States.
