If I Grow Up
Violence, fiction
Gang members
Gangs, fiction
Inner cities
Gangs
Poverty
Violence
African americans, fiction
Adventure and adventurers, fiction
Friendship, fiction
African Americans
Children's fiction
Fiction
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 …
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