female gangs

"Starry-eyed Chris has just started the dream job every outcast kid in town wants: working at Vinyl Destination. It's as rad as she imagined--her boss is BOSS, her co-workers spend their time arguing over music, pushing against the patriarchy, and endlessly trying to form a band. When Rosie Riot, the staff's favorite singer, mysteriously vanishes the night before her band's show, Chris discovers her co-workers are doing more than just sorting vinyl . . . Her local indie record store is also a front for a teen girl vigilante squad"--Back cover.

"Its 1999 and Chris is living her dream: working at a vinyl destination by day and fighting for justice by night, in the world's coolest teen girl vigilante squad, but when the gals of vinyl destination enter a battle of the bands -- to investigate and, of courese, win--they learn that the shadowy corporate masters of the music industry are planning something big ... and want to blame it on Y2K. It's time for Chris and the gang to dial up 56K of justice so they can save the day once again!"--Back cover.

When Sasha moves from Russia with her mother, she's eager to start a new life. At her new school she joins CREW (Confident, Remarkable, Excellent, Welcoming), a girls' volunteer group. But she quickly learns that the group is a front for a girl gang and their true philosophy is to Con, Rip Off, Exploit, and Weaken the people they claim to help. Their leader is eager to exploit Sasha's computer skills for a more lucrative level of crime: stealing identities and blackmailing men online. This story plays out against the backdrop of peer pressure and digital media, showing readers that fitting in with a group isn't worth sacrificing your safety and integrity.

Cast out by mainstream society, a gang of teenage girls known as the "Black Roses" rob ATMs, cook crack on stoves, and savagely beat down anyone who dares to harm them. Brutal and broken, they claw at the knot of darkness and violence that tightens around their lives.

Seventeen-year-old Brianna Baxter--or Patience--leads The Warriors, a violent gang, and when she decides to leave the gangster lifestyle, her sisters attempt to set her up as the culprit in one last crime; when Denim Mitchell hears about the plot, he decides to help Patience.