Innercity girl like me
Title
:
Innercity girl like me
Personal Author EPSB
:
Sabrina. Bernardo
Summary
:
After being abused by her uncle, G Child goes to live with her grandmother in the Central downtown area of Winnipeg. There, she is surrounded by kids who roam the apartment blocks, smoking and drinking and doing drugs. she meets Jessica and Gina, who become her best friends, and gets to know Gina’s older brother, Roland, founder of the Central outfit of the Diablos gang. As a young teen she is initiated into the Diablos and starts joining their campaign against the rival gang, the street Ryders (so named because they make their money pimping out girls). embracing the solidarity of gang membership, G Child feels loved and part of a family. But the stakes rise when the street Ryders kill a friend, and as G Child gets in deeper, moving in with her fellow gang girlfriends and selling crack to make money, she finds herself questioning her lifestyle. When someone she trusts reveals a dark, abusive streak, G Child knows it’s time to get out. But can she escape gang life before it kills her? A compelling read based on real-life experience, Innercity Girl Like Me is a brutally authentic look at gang life in Canada.
Year Published
:
2009,
2007
Physical Description
:
293 pages ; 18 cm
Subject
:
Gangs -- Fiction.
Street youth -- Fiction.
Geographic Term
:
Winnipeg (Man.) -- Fiction.
Summary
:
After being abused by her uncle, G Child goes to live with her grandmother in the Central downtown area of Winnipeg. There, she is surrounded by kids who roam the apartment blocks, smoking and drinking and doing drugs. she meets Jessica and Gina, who become her best friends, and gets to know Gina’s older brother, Roland, founder of the Central outfit of the Diablos gang. As a young teen she is initiated into the Diablos and starts joining their campaign against the rival gang, the street Ryders (so named because they make their money pimping out girls). embracing the solidarity of gang membership, G Child feels loved and part of a family. But the stakes rise when the street Ryders kill a friend, and as G Child gets in deeper, moving in with her fellow gang girlfriends and selling crack to make money, she finds herself questioning her lifestyle. When someone she trusts reveals a dark, abusive streak, G Child knows it’s time to get out. But can she escape gang life before it kills her? A compelling read based on real-life experience, Innercity Girl Like Me is a brutally authentic look at gang life in Canada.
ISBN
:
9780006394921
Publisher
:
Toronto : HarperTrophyCanada, 2009.
©2007
Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
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Institutional Services Schools | FIC BER | Book | 30706000461232 | Checked out |
Institutional Services Schools | FIC BER | Book | 30706000476552 | Yellowhead Fiction |
Institutional Services Schools | FIC BER | Book | 30706000461216 | Attendance Centre Fiction |
Institutional Services Schools | FIC BER | Book | 30706000476545 | Yellowhead Fiction |