Things Get Hectic
Subtitle: Teens Write About the Violence That Surrounds Them
Contributors: Geoffrey Canada (Foreword); Philip Kay (Editor); Al Desetta (Editor); Andrea Estepa (Editor)
Publisher: Touchstone
Published: August 20, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780684837543
Subjects: Personal awareness: safety matters; Violence; Social Issues - Violence; Juvenile Nonfiction; Youth; Teenagers' writings, American; Politics / Current Events; Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12); Sociology; Politics - Current Events; Life Stages - Adolescence; General; Life Stages - Teenagers; Family & Relationships / Teenagers; United States; Urban youth
First sentence: Last summer I was headed to the bodega around my block to get a hero when I saw my boy Deps step to some kid I'd never seen before.