gangs

After a brawl with a rival gang, sixteen-year-old Azael, a member of Houston's MS-13 gang and the son of illegal Salvadoran immigrants, wakes up in an unusual juvenile detention center where he is forced to observe another inmate through a one-way mirror.

Trained to use a dangerous, addictive drug that gives her short bursts of speed so that she can pursue young criminals who abuse the drug's power, a teen law enforcer goes undercover to infiltrate a gang who are terrorizing New York.

Explores Mafia crime families of New York City through a collection of archival photographs and informational text.

Seventeen-year-old Breanna's reputation as smart, responsible, and the moral compass of her family is compromised when a revealing photo of her and Thomas "Razor" Turner, a boy in the Reign of Terror motorcycle club, surfaces. Then, it gets even worse--some online stalker blackmails her using the photo. Turning to Razor, Breanna asks his help in tracking down her blackmailer, while she promises to help him seek answers to a haunting mystery, one his club brothers don't even discuss.

The world inside an infected Colorado high school quarantined by the government takes a startling turn for the worse when a new gang enters the school and starts gaining power.

"Mysterious chat room messages, all posted under the name "Saika," profess love for all humanity--and for one man in particular. Saika's target: Shizuo Heiwajima!! Over fifty people have been struck in the worst case of serial slashings in the history of Ikebukuro. But the slasher's victims have tasted not only the blade, but also the vision of their attacker. A vision of love, love, love that can only be realized when their own blades have pierced the bodies of their beloveds"--Back cover.

After moving to Tokyo's downtown district of Ikebukuro to experience the excitement of city life, Mikado, an average high-school student, encounters a mysterious "headless rider" on a black motorcycle and gets caught up in local gang feuds and supernatural occurrences.

Jozef Chapski is part of a secret trying to infiltrate the gangs of street urchins who have been robbing merchants in the Polish community in Chicgo, 1871.

Presents articles and essays with opposing viewpoints on gang violence in the United States, including what causes gangs to form and whether or not anti-gang legislation is a form of racial profiling.

Elijah, seventeen, has always been sure of just one thing--basketball--and believes it will be his way out of West Baltimore, but when gang violence knocks him down, helping a veteran repair his rickety home helps Elijah see what really matters.