Review: i loved this story
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 25, 2014
Now, as being a 57 year old woman who grew up in an upper middle class family, this book was very interesting and thought provoking. I feel really bad that life is like that for so many of our young people. It was well written and I look forward to reading the rest of the series.  Not to be able to sit on your front porch because of so many 'drive bys'  I feel really bad for the people forced to live that way. I know it happens everywhere, every city , every state.  I wish the boys in the hood instead of trying to protect their hood would join the service and protect the whole country but it's not like they are like citizen watch, they want control of the drugs, the woman etc.... I have not lived like that but I do have a heart and feel for the moms and families that have lost someone to a rival gang or by being an innocent bystander or just playing in their yard..... I usually know what to do when bad situations arise,,, but never had to deal with what this poor girl had to go through.. I'm hoping she gets great grades and gets a scholarship and can get a great job and move to a great neighborhood.... guess the next 2 books will tell me what happens..  this is not your fairy tale happy life story that most books I have read are about,,, this seems to be an accurate description of what it's like to live in the hood or the project.... so wish school would start early and help these kids and that parents would not be taking drugs and be more responsible but it is not my place to judge,,, My heart really does go out to the families living in scary gang riden neighborhoods.... Good job Niki showing us the real way a hell of a lot of people live. So sad that it really is like that for them...