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The tomorrow game : rival teenagers, their race for a gun, and a community united to save them / Sudhir Venkatesh.
Van Pelt Library HV6439.U7 C4783 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Venkatesh, Sudhir, 1966- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gangs--Illinois--Chicago--Case studies.
- Gangs.
- Juvenile delinquents--Illinois--Chicago--Case studies.
- Juvenile delinquents.
- Violence--Illinois--Chicago.
- Violence.
- Urban poor--Illinois--Chicago.
- Urban poor.
- Gang prevention--Illinois--Chicago--Citizen participation--Case studies.
- Gang prevention.
- Gang members--Rehabilitation--Illinois--Chicago--Case studies.
- Gang members.
- Gang members--Rehabilitation.
- Gang prevention--Citizen participation.
- Social conditions.
- South Side (Chicago, Ill.)--Social conditions.
- South Side (Chicago, Ill.).
- Illinois--Chicago.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Creative nonfiction.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 287 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Other Title:
- Rival teenagers, their race for a gun, and a community united to save them
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2022.
- Summary:
- "At the heart of the story are two teenagers: Marshal Mariot, an introverted video gamer and bike rider, and Frankie Paul, who leaves foster care to direct his cousin's drug business while he's in prison. Frankie devises a plan to attack Marshall and his friends--it is his best chance to showcase his toughness and win respect for his crew. Catching wind of the plan, Marshall and his friends decide they must preemptively go after Frankie's crew to defend their honor. The pressure mounts as both groups of teens race to find a gun and strike first. All the while, the community at large--a cast that includes the teens' families, black market gun dealers, local pastors, a bodega owner and a veteran beat cop--try their best to defuse the conflict and keep the kids alive."--Amazon.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lipman Criminology Library Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781501194399
- 1501194399
- OCLC:
- 1281580805
- Publisher Number:
- 99991401482
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