| Shocked into a new life with his mother's death, Jamy begins a search for his biological father but gets raped.
Becoming another lost kid, beaten, pimped, and drugged, Jamy grows more introverted by the barrage of abuse until, in defense of others like himself, he finds a dark future as a gang leader, the Street Lord of the 42nd Neighborhood. Jamy, a teen father, wants off the street for the sake of his son and agrees to become a 'mole' for the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs (BNDD) in exchange for freedom from prosecution. Though freedom is at hand, he returns to the street to save the undercover agent he befriended. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of book? - depressed Time/era of story - 1960's-1970's Kids growing up/acting up? Yes Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Age group of kid(s) in story: - high school Parents/lack of parents problem? Wild kid(s)? - druggie culture (& crime) Main Character Gender - Male Profession/status: Age: - a teen Ethnicity/Nationality Main Adversary Identity: - Male Age: - 40's-50's Profession/status: How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters Setting How much descriptions of surroundings? - 5 () United States Yes The US: - Midwest City? Yes City: - dirty, grimy (like New York) Writing Style Sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - vague references only - impregnation/reproduction - rape/molest Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |
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