Dead end kids
gang girls and the boys they know
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Author
Publication
1998 - University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, Wis, Wisconsin
Language
English
Word Count
69,500 words, Guess
Page Count
278 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL355741M
- ISBN-100299158802
- OCLC Control Number38853873
- OCLC Control Number44961297
- OCLC Control Number98015537
and 4 more
- OCLC Control Numberdeadendkidsgangg0000flei
- Library of Congress Control Number98015537
- LibraryThing2378565
- Goodreads837895
Classifications
- DDC364.36/082/09778411
- LCCHV9106.K2 F58 1998
Description
Mark Fleisher exposes the depravity and humanity in gang life as seen through the eyes of a teen-aged girl named Cara. Dead End Kids provides a firsthand account of Cara's life as a member of a Kansas City gang, the Fremont Hustlers. Drugs and guns, shootings and assaults, boyfriends and pregnancies, ratty apartments, broken-down cars, minimum-wage jobs, strained relationships with family and peers, dodging the police, and praying for peace fill her days. The book describes in detail the social and economic pressure on Cara and fellow gang members whose lives were shaped by poverty, family disorganization, and parental neglect. Fleisher looks for hope in Cara's life, tries to bring her a brighter future, and ultimately fails. Dead End Kids will break your heart.
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- Dead end kids: gang girls and the boys they know
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