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The eldest son of El Salvadorian immigrants, Casey Diaz was brought to Los Angeles at the age of two. An abusive family life soon propels Casey out of his tiny apartment and into the world of street gangs. After a tough initiation, the Rockwood Street Locos welcome eleven-year-old Casey as their newest recruit. During the next few years, Casey sets out to prove he is willing to do anything to be number one. But years of chasing rival gang members...
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"At fifteen, Victor Rios found himself a human target--flat on his ass amid a hail of shotgun fire, desperate for money and a place on the street. Faced with the choice of escalating a drug turf war or eking out a living elsewhere, he turned to a teacher, who mentored him and helped him find a job at an auto shop. That job would alter the course of his whole life--putting him on the road to college and eventually a PhD. Now, Rios is a rising star,...
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With a little showbiz razzle-dazzle, TV crime show L.A. 911 has taken some of the community's most mundane locations and turned them into cinematic backdrops, including the yard of Kelly Donahue. When Molly and the gang from the Tarzana Hookers visit their newest member to collect her crocheted items for the upcoming street fair, they're ushered out due to the TV crew's commotion. But the next day, they learn that someone silenced Kelly - permanently....
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"By all rights, Caylin Louis Moore should be dead, in prison, or stalking the streets of Compton with his fellow gang members. Instead, he's a Rhodes Scholar, author, speaker, and role model for every kid deprived of hope in downtrodden communities. [This book] is the story of Moore's exodus from one of the most impoverished, gang-infested communities in the United States to the golden, dreaming spires of Oxford, England. After Moore's mother gathered...