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West Coast / Raynesha Pittman.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Carl Weber's kingpinsPublisher: Farmingdale, NY : Urban Books, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Description: 280 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781645562054
  • 1645562050
Other title:
  • Carl Weber's kingpins : west coast
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: Perhaps Temper's longing to escape [from the West Coast] is a result of being raised on a road less traveled in an area of South Central Los Angeles, where tourism is obsolete and gang banging and dope slanging reign supreme. Or maybe it's because of the widespread enigma of 'the only way out the hood is over a thirty-foot wall.' If this hood proverb is true, then being born half-black and half-Asian should've given her a ten-foot ladder as a head start"--Publisher marketing.Summary: For Temper Chey, the West Coast is a prison and she's dying to be freed. Her part of South Central Los Angeles is an area where tourism is obsolete and gang banging and dope slanging reign supreme. After a brief escapade with one of the most infamous Crip kingpins force her to twist, toss, and burn her exit plans? Or will the chaos be the spark that provides a ride to freedom? -- adapted from back cover
List(s) this item appears in: Urban Fiction
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library Fiction PITTMAN, RAYNESHA Available 33111010661045
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

All hail to the West Coast, where its natural resources of breathtaking beaches, smokable trees, and beautiful women are unlimited. From the freezing top of Mt. Denali in Alaska to the fly-ass architectural marvel of California's Golden Gate Bridge, the region is one of the most desirable places to visit on Earth. But for a problematic girl like Temper Chey, it's a prison, and she's dying to be freed.

Perhaps Temper's longing to escape is a result of being raised on a road less traveled in an area of South Central Los Angeles, where tourism is obsolete and gang banging and dope slanging reign supreme. Or maybe it's because of the widespread enigma of "the only way out the hood is over a thirty-foot wall." If this hood proverb is true, then being born half black and half Asian should've given her a ten-foot ladder as a head start.

Will her brief escapade with one of the most infamous Crip kingpins force her to twist, toss, and burn her exit plans? Will she give up on the promise she made to her uncle to "bust her ass" to get those missing twenty feet? Or will the chaos be the defibrillator that revives her and provides an escalator ride to freedom?

Perhaps Temper's longing to escape [from the West Coast] is a result of being raised on a road less traveled in an area of South Central Los Angeles, where tourism is obsolete and gang banging and dope slanging reign supreme. Or maybe it's because of the widespread enigma of 'the only way out the hood is over a thirty-foot wall.' If this hood proverb is true, then being born half-black and half-Asian should've given her a ten-foot ladder as a head start"--Publisher marketing.

For Temper Chey, the West Coast is a prison and she's dying to be freed. Her part of South Central Los Angeles is an area where tourism is obsolete and gang banging and dope slanging reign supreme. After a brief escapade with one of the most infamous Crip kingpins force her to twist, toss, and burn her exit plans? Or will the chaos be the spark that provides a ride to freedom? -- adapted from back cover

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