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Rent Snow White: A Survival Story
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Format: Quality Paperback
Publisher: Urban Books
Published: Oct 2009
Genre: Fiction - African American - Urban Life
Retail Price: $14.95
Pages: 288
Synopsis
Anna J. is back with a riveting novel depicting the devastation caused by cocaine use in a Southwest Philadelphia community. Father: murdered. Mother: dying of AIDS from sharing needles. Uncle: one of the most notorious suppliers in Southwest Philly. To nine-year-old Journey Clayton, it seems that everyone she knows has been seduced by the powerful crack cocaine known as Snow White. Left to take care of her sick mother and fend for herself, Journey has no one to trust-until fellow classmate Khalid befriends her. As seen through the eyes of a young girl coming of age, observe how Journey struggles to avoid becoming a victim of the deception, violence, and murder that surrounds her.
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Reviews
This book left me hanging so I'm hopeing for a part two. It was a good read but, it felt rushed. For her to be nine years old and go through this is crazy.... I really wanted to know what happened to Joey?????