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Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
viii, 308 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
New Jack City meets Serpico in this provocative memoir of a crack dealer-turned-decorated NYPD officer--a timely reflection on the complex relationship between the police and the communities they are meant to protect. Corey Pegues has lived on both sides of the law. At the height of the 1980s crack epidemic, he was a teenager hugging the street corner, selling dope for the notorious Supreme Team gang and watching drugs decimate his stable, working-class...
Author
Series
Research publication volume no. 585
Publisher
[Colorado Legislative Council]
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 PDF (46 p. ; 1,580 KB)
Language
English
Author
Series
Research publication volume no. 569
Publisher
[Colorado Legislative Council]
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 PDF (41 p.)
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xiii, 201 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"The wrenching, and inspiring, story of a fourteen-year-old sentenced to life in prison, of the extraordinary relationship that developed between him and the woman he shot, and of his release after twenty-six years of imprisonment through the efforts of America's greatest contemporary legal activist, Bryan Stevenson. Here is the story of a poor black kid from the toughest neighborhood of Tampa, Florida, who at age eleven began "jacking" (stealing)...
69) From afar
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
En medio de una Caracas revuelta, Armando es un hombre de cincuenta años que trabaja en su propio laboratorio de prótesis dentales. En su tiempo libre busca a hombres jóvenes en paradas de autobús y les ofrece dinero a cambio de que lo acompañen a su casa, pero solo busca compañía y observarles, no pide más. Pero Armando también tiene otra costumbre, la de espiar a un hombre de edad avanzada, con quien tiene un vínculo en común en su pasado....
70) Small steps
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
Three years after being released from Camp Green Lake, Armpit is trying hard to keep his life on track, but when his old pal X-Ray shows up with a tempting plan to make some easy money scalping concert tickets, Armpit reluctantly goes along.
71) X: a novel
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
348 pages, 30 unnumbered pages : portrait, genealogical table ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Malcolm Little's parents have always told him that he can achieve anything, but from what he can tell, that's a pack of lies -- after all, his father's been murdered, his mother's been taken away, and his dreams of becoming a lawyer have gotten him laughed out of school. There's no point in trying, he figures, and lured by the nightlife of Boston and New York, he escapes into a world of fancy suits, jazz, girls, and reefer. But Malcolm's efforts to...
72) Day 21
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
It's been 21 days since the hundred landed on Earth. They're the only humans to set foot on the planet in centuries...or so they thought. Facing an unknown enemy, the hundred struggle to survive the only way they can, together. As secrets are revealed, beliefs are challenged, and relationships are tested.
Author
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, 55 min. 55 sec.) : digital, stereo., sound, color
Language
English
Description
Australians have an historic hatred of police and of authority - but for black Australians it is a brutal reality. Some Australians call it a secret war. Others see it as evidence of an on-going penal mentality. But despite the attempt at cultural genocide, Aboriginal juveniles remain defiant and resilient, with a clever humour that gets them into even more trouble with police. They have to contend with over-policing and police harassment, and a criminal...
74) The 100
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 11
Physical Desc
323 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When 100 juvenile delinquents are sent on a mission to recolonize Earth, they get a second chance at freedom, friendship, and love, as they fight to survive in a dangerous new world.
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