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Way Past Cool - Jess Mowry

Description: ISBN 1590921720 / Author: Jess Mowry / Genre: Fiction

Newest Review: ... the fate ahead of him if he continues in the life he has chosen and is burdened with the bad example he is setting to his ... more

... younger brother but unable to pull away from the money his work brings he spends his days drinking beer in an attempt to block out the pain of his existence while all the time Deek plots to extend his drug dealing empire no matter who gets in his way. Deek has all of the trappings that make him a hero to the other youngsters in the ghetto, flash Trans Am, designer clothes and jewellery. He also has two policemen in his pocket who provide him with additional protection. You know that he is at the bottom of the drug-deali...more

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Way Past Cool - Jess Mowry: Too Cool For Words (688 words)
by - written on 29/07/04 (Very useful, 163 readings)
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Set in Oakland California this is the moving, dramatic and sad story of a group of teenagers caught up on the poverty and gang culture that accounts for the lives of many young black and Hispanic teenagers in America The central characters in the story are 14-year-old gang leader Gordon and his other five gang members, Lion, Curtis and Ric and Rac who are twins. Their nemesis is the drug dealing Deek and his 16-year-old bodyguard Ty. The first thing that strikes you about these characters is the age of them all, kids caught up in a scary adult world where guns are the currency of choice and the only certainty is that of an early death. Mowry cleverly ... Read the complete review