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Urban Lit: Tough Tales From the Streets URL: http://www.beavertonlibrary.org/teens/urbanlit.html Description: Briefly annotated bibliography of nonfiction and fiction works in the urban lit genre. Items include "an autobiography of a Puerto Rican teen fighting to stay alive in Harlem's mean streets," "an intimate, detailed look at gang life as a Crip from the '70s to the '90s," and novels about a hit-man seeking vengeance on a pimp, and Oakland, California, street gangs. Most titles are designed for young adult readers. From the Beaverton City Library (Oregon). LII Topics: Crime, Gangs, Literature & Books, Teen/Young Adult Literature Publisher: Beaverton City Library Extra Keywords ghetto lit teen street lit LII Database Information: Record 24696 created by Maria Brandt on 10/15/2007 Last modification on 10/24/2007 Published: 10/25/2007 Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24696 |
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