Drugs Gangs Violence Incarceration Print & Web Resources Compiled by Reba Tierney

Cautionary Drug Tales Go Ask Alice by Anonymous (Beatrice Sparks) Crank Series by Ellen Hopkins Beauty Queen by Linda Glovach

Addiction A Hero Ain’t Nothing but a Sandwich by Alice Childress Dope Sick by Walter Dean Myers Bottled Up by Jaye Murray

Addiction Smack by Melvin Burgess The Year of my Miraculous Reappearance by Catherine Ryan Hyde Saint Iggy by K.L. Going

Raw Deal Street Pharm by Allison van Diepen Rx by Tracy Lynn (Elisabeth J. Braswell) Dreamland by Sarah Dessen

Steroids Gym Candy by Carl Deuker Crackback by John Coy Boost by Kathy Mackel

Gang Mentality The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton Durango Street by Frank Bonham Drive-By by Lynne Ewing Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty by G. Neri

No Way Out? Snitch by Allison van Diepen Parrot in the Oven: Mi Vida by Victor Martinez If I Grow Up by Todd Strasser Autobiography of My Dead Brother by Walter Dean Myers

Star-Crossed Lovers Romiette and Julio by Sharon Draper Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles Street Love by Walter Dean Myers

A Way of Life Boy Kills Man by Matt Whyman Party Girl by Lynne Ewing Locas: a novel by Yxta Maya Murray The Brothers Torres by Coert Vorhees

The Life Always Running by Luis Rodriguez My Bloody Life: The Making of a Latin King & Once a King, Always a King: The Unmaking of a Latin King by Reymundo Sanchez Lady Q: The Rise and Fall of a Latin Queen by Reymundo Sanchez & Sonia Rodriguez

School Violence Lockdown by Diane Tullson Give a Boy a Gun by Todd Strasser Shooter by Walter Dean Myers

Juvie Nathan’s Run by John Gilstrap The Juvie Three by Gordon Korman We Were Here by Matt De la Pena

Alternative Placements Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen Boot Camp by Todd Strasser Holes by Louis Sachar

Alternative Placements The Girls of No Return by Erin Saldin Getting Somewhere by Beth Neff Shock Point by April Henry

Dealing With Family in Prison Tyrell & Bronxwood by Coe Booth Upstate by Kalisha Buckhanon Stay With Me by Paul Griffin Pull by B.A. Binns

Making Choices Muchacho by LouAnne Johnson Homeboyz by Alan Lawrence Sitomer Pain & Wastings by Carrie Mac

Doing Time Monster by Walter Dean Myers Looking for J.J. by Anne Cassidy Rikers High by Paul Volponi

True Crime Hole in My Life by Jack Gantos No Choirboy: Murder, Violence and Teenagers on Death Row by Susan Kuklin Fist Stick Knife Gun: A Personal History of Violence by Geoffrey Canada Hard Time: A Real Life Look at Juvenile Crime & Violence by Janet Bode & Stan Mack

Websites Children of Prisoners Library http://www.fcnetwork.org/cpl/cplindex.html Teen Help http://www.teenhelp.com/index.html The Coroner’s Report: Information and Resources on Gang Intervention and Prevention http://www.gangwar.com/ National Gang Center http://www.nationalgangcenter.gov/ Gang Information-FBI http://www.fbi.gov/about- us/investigate/vc_majorthefts/gangs

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