Title: Babylon Boyz
First published: 1997
Description: For thirteen-year-old Dante and his friends, life in Babylon isn't about having choices but only trying to stay alive. Dante, born to a crack-addicted mother, needs a heart operation if he hopes to live to reach thirty; Pook seemingly has no hope of going to medical school and becoming a doctor; Wyatt's biggest handicap is being smart in an ignorant place - a disadvantage shared by his little brother, Cheo - Jinx is trying to get off crack, and Radgi is homeless out on the streets. But when the boys find a package of pure coke dumped by a drug-dealer running from cops, it suddenly seems that they do have choices... if they can somehow sell it. But that's a very dangerous choice... and will it be the right one?
Subjects: Fiction, Inner cities, Drug abuse, Cocaine, African Americans, City and town life
Places: Oakland California, San Francisco California, Jamaica, Haiti, Australia
People: Dante, Pook, Wyatt, Cheo, Jinx, Air Touch, Kelly
Time periods: 1990s
LC classification: PZ7.M86655 Bab 1997