Title: Grind
Description: "Jamal had it bad since birth. At the age of 11 his crack addicted mother accidentally caught the house on fire which resulted in her death and him living with burn scars over 70% of his body. Life had dealt Jamal a bad hand and he played it the best he could as he was shuffled from foster home to foster home. After coming of age he decided to take his life in his own hands and that's when he began to see light at the end of the tunnel. Jamal hit the pavement hard and got knee deep in the fast life. Like the late Biggie Smalls said Mo money Mo problems which was an understatement in Jamal's life. Coming of age and experiencing the game on a level he never thought was attainable, Jamal went hard and just when things started looking up again, in his short life, all hell broke loose which pushed Jamal in a corner back on his GRIND!"--P. [4] of cover.
Subjects: Interpersonal relations, African Americans, Street life, Fiction