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In the Cote-de-Negre area of Montreal, the first stop for many new immigrants, live people of more than 100 nationalities, Marcelo, the sensitive son of Chilean refugees, and Cleo, a shy boy from H

In the little city of Flint, MI, the good die young and the people left standing are the grimiest of characters.

In this electrifying novel, Richard Price, the author of Clockers and a writer on The Wire, gives us razor-sharp anatomy of an ever-changing Harlem. East Harlem, 2008.

Just when Jaylin thinks life is perfect and everything is going his way, a past lover delivers a shocking message to him, and Jaylin realizes that the women he disrespected are the very women he ne

Picking up where the suspenseful Payback with Ya Life left off, we're plunged back into the hip-hop drama, where the men are hot and dangerous, the women know their shoes from their Choos, and

Tasha and Trae try to save their marriage.

Despite her father's attempts to shelter her from the hood life, Raven's young heart is claimed by Mizan, a stick-up kid in search of a come-up.

Consumed with a desire for revenge, Anari and Monica enter a life of drugs, fast money, and betrayal, Nothing--not betrayal or addiction--will stop them from dispensing their street justice.

Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor black neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends.

Remy has kept a diary of her life for the past two years. What she writes inside is a tale of love, passion, money, and secrecy--and ultimately a witness to her tragic end.

When a set-up goes wrong and Six finds herself sleeping with the enemy, who will she choose, the man she loves, or the man she's supposed to hate?

The Red Bottom Bandits may be the world's most fashion-forward gang of masked outlaws. They're the talk of D. C. for their daring robberies and fly gear.

Carter has no idea how to rebuild his kingdom, and now he must stay off the radar of the feds until he can figure out how to get his lady out of prison.

Hazel has nothing and no one in her life; the only thing she "owns" is an insatiable addiction to heroin.

Kasheef Williams has a friend's blood on his hands and a witness to the murder. With video evidence revealed, the police seek out the witness, but Kasheef is determined to find her first.