gangs

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gangs

Gangs and drugs

1996
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.

Gangs and your neighborhood

1996
Argues against joining gangs because such groups hurt people and neighborhoods.

Gangs and wanting to belong

1996
A founder of the Crips discusses gangs, debunking the notion that belonging to a gang is the only way a kid can "fit in.".

Gangs and self-esteem

1996
A co-founder of the Crips extolls the benefits of not joining a gang.

Gangs and weapons

1996
Discusses the violence that can occur when gangs have guns.

Grk smells a rat

2008
Tim Malt arrives in India with his dog, Grk, his parents, and his friends to sightsee and compete in a tennis tournament, but when they meet a boy named Krishnan, they learn about the Blue Rat Gang, which enslaves children, including Krishnan's sister, who Tim and Grk attempt to help, eventually encountering the gang's leader.

Brave Charlotte and the wolves

2009
Charlotte the sheep proves her courage once again when the rest of her flock, including Wolfie and his gang of pretend wolves, trembles in fear at the sound of howling in the forest.

iBoy

2011
Sixteen-year-old Tom Harvey was an ordinary Londoner until an attack causes fragments of an iPhone to be embedded in his brain, giving him incredible knowledge and power, but using that power against the gang that attacked him and a friend could have deadly consequences.

The Barrio Kings

2010
Rosario Gomez, having given up gang life after his brother was killed, is working hard to be a good father and earn a promotion at his job when a friend from the barrio shows up and tempts him back into his old ways.

Dirt road home

2010
Fourteen-year-old Hal Mitchell, sentenced after his recapture to live at a boys' home called Hellenweiler, tries to stay away from gangs and violence so he can get out in a few months, but his inmates do their best to involve him in trouble.

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