If I Grow Up

Name: If I Grow Up
ISBN: 9781416925231

Todd Strasser

2009·young adult

Crime Literary Fiction

coming of age friendship friendship fiction self discovery

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?

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