gangs

After a close call with an assassin in Barcelona, Danny is more convinced than ever that his parents---star performers of the Mysterium circus---died under suspicious circumstances.

"Determined to clear her father of the wrongful conviction for a gang-related crossfire death, thirteen-year-old Trell persuades a reporter and a lawyer to investigate the case and uncover the truth"--OCLC.

Shawn and his friend Daniel accidentally witness a gang beating behind the local mall and must decide on the best course of action when one of the perpetrators threatens them with violence.

Cody and his friends get caught up in gang activity when they steal a park bench.

Four friends from New York's Hell's Kitchen suffer a year of humiliation, beatings, and sexual abuse at the hands of Sean Nokes and his flunkies at the Wilkinson Boy's Home, leaving lasting scars that haunt them into adulthood. When Nokes is murdered by two of the group, the other two enact aplot to twist the legal system to their advantage and not only free their friends, but get revenge on the men who had tortured them when they were helpless prisoners.

An impassioned teenage author tells it like it is with the long-haired kids from the wrong side of the tracks.

"In a world of magical motorcycle gangs, eighteen-year-old Jemmie Carmichael taps into her magical abilities to stop an evil spell before it can be fulfilled"--.

When Daniel falls for the hottest girl in school, he ends up unwittingly running drugs across the border.

"When Maddie Diaz witnesses the murder of a homeless man by members of a gang, she tells the cops what she saw without thinking about the repercussions of snitching, but a mysterious guy named Lobo comes to her defense and is determined to take down the gang and protect her"--Provided by publisher.

Recovering from a shooting and stereotyped as a Chicano gangbanger, fourteen-year-old Victor Reyes loves reading books, has a genius girlfriend and an art teacher who mentors and encourages him to apply to art schools, but Victor cannot seem to overcome society's expectations for him.