num_pages: 432
description: Fifteen-year-old Rhea and her best friends Zeke and Malachi are South L.A. born and raised but a recent wave of gentrification has been transforming the place that they call home. When an eviction notice from a greedy landlord threatens to split up the crew Rhea and her friends manipulate social media to form a fake gang in hopes of scaring off developers. Their scheme appears to work at first until a murder is pegged on the nonexistent gang. Yikes. THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD is a love letter to communities of color everywhere a middle finger to the destructive powers of gentrification and a hilarious adventure about three teens who have the best intentions if not always the best solutions. Perfect for fans of Tiffany Jackson's Let Me Hear a Rhyme and Netflix's On My Block this is an uproarious novel about power friendship and what really makes a neighborhood.
language: English
title: There Goes the Neighborhood
publisher: Disney-Hyperion