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Dodgers a novel

"East is only fifteen, but he's already a seasoned gang member, hardened and savvy from a youth spent on the streets of South Central Los Angeles. So when the cops bust a stash house and arrest his uncle, East feels ready to step up and do a man's job -- even if it means finding and k...

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Main Author: Beverly, William, 1965-
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Crown Publishers, [2016]
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Gangs > Fiction.
Teenagers > Fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Road fiction.
Summary: "East is only fifteen, but he's already a seasoned gang member, hardened and savvy from a youth spent on the streets of South Central Los Angeles. So when the cops bust a stash house and arrest his uncle, East feels ready to step up and do a man's job -- even if it means finding and killing a key witness." -- From dust jacket.
Physical Description: 290 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN: 1101903732 (hbk.)
9781101903735 (hbk.)
Author Notes: Bill Beverly is an American teacher and writer, born in 1965. He grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and attended Oberlin College and the University of Florida. He is the author of On the Lam: Narratives of Flight in J. Edgar Hoover's America, and Dodgers, which won the 2016 Gold Dagger for best crime novel of the year and the New Blood Dagger for best debut crime novel.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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