Gangs

by Richard Swift

Book Overview

A Booklist Editors' Choice and a Society of School Librarians International (SSLI) Honor Book

Street gangs have exploded worldwide. Tattoos, baggy pants, tagging, gangsta style, the unspoken threat -- it's all just around the corner in most of the world's major cities. From the streets of Los Angeles to the shantytowns of Cape Town, hundreds of thousands of "at risk" youth are deciding whether they should join their local...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 088899978X
• ISBN13: 9780888999788
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Groundwood Books
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.9" x 6.9"
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 9