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There goes the neighborhood / Jade Adia.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Los Angeles ; New York : Hyperion, 2023Copyright date: ©2023Edition: First editionDescription: 414 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781368084321
  • 136808432X
  • 9781368084345
  • 1368084346
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • [Fic] 23
LOC classification:
  • PZ7.1.A245 Th 2023
  • PS3601.D485 T44 2023
Summary: "In order to stop the destructive forces of gentrification, three best friends use social media to create a fake gang and get justice for their South L.A. community"-- Provided by publisher.Summary: Rhea and her friends Zeke and Malachi are South L.A. born and raised. The old neighborhood is fading away, and more white people are flocking to this little urban paradise for its cheap rent, transforming the place they call home. When an eviction notice from a greedy landlord threatens to split up the crew, Rhea and her friends use social media to form a fake gang in hopes of scaring off developers. They even use firecrackers to create the illusion of gang violence. Their scheme appears to work-- until a murder is pegged on the nonexistent gang. -- adapted from jacket
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Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book Andover Public Library Young Adult Area Young Adult YA ADIA, JADE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 36700003642868
Book Book Derby Public Library New Books New Book YA Adia (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34173002990625
Total holds: 0

Ages 12-18. Hyperion.

Grades 7-9. Hyperion.

"In order to stop the destructive forces of gentrification, three best friends use social media to create a fake gang and get justice for their South L.A. community"-- Provided by publisher.

Rhea and her friends Zeke and Malachi are South L.A. born and raised. The old neighborhood is fading away, and more white people are flocking to this little urban paradise for its cheap rent, transforming the place they call home. When an eviction notice from a greedy landlord threatens to split up the crew, Rhea and her friends use social media to form a fake gang in hopes of scaring off developers. They even use firecrackers to create the illusion of gang violence. Their scheme appears to work-- until a murder is pegged on the nonexistent gang. -- adapted from jacket

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