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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
If I Grow Up

If I Grow Up

Strasser, Todd

Hardcover

General Juvenile Fiction

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ISBN10: 1416925236
ISBN13: 9781416925231
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books You
Published: Feb 24 2009
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.80
Height: 1.10 Width: 5.80 Depth: 8.30
Language: English
Awards: Heartland Award, Louisiana Teen Readers' Choice
WHEN YOU GREW UP IN THE PROJECTS, THERE WERE NO CHOICES. NO GOOD ONES, AT LEAST.

In the Frederick Douglass Project where DeShawn lives, daily life is ruled by drugs and gang violence. Many teenagers drop out of school and join gangs, and every kid knows someone who died. Gunshots ring out on a regular basis.

DeShawn is smart enough to know he should stay in school and keep away from the gangs. But while his friends have drug money to buy fancy sneakers and big-screen TVs, DeShawn's family can barely afford food for the month. How can he stick to his principles when his family is hungry?

In this gritty novel about growing up in the inner city, award-winning author Todd Strasser opens a window into the life of a teenager struggling with right and wrong under the ever-present shadow of gangs.

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