RIYL+Gangs

[|Street Lit, Getto Lit, or Urban Lit Resources for Librarians] (from Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki) [|Street Lit: Resources for Librarians] by Miranda Doyle Martin Luther King Middle School, San Francisco [|Urban Fiction for Teens Powerpoint] presented at CLA, 2008 by Miranda Doyle [|Urban Literature Handout] presented at CLA, 2008 by Miranda Doyle [|Urban Fiction/Street Lit/Hip Hop Fiction] from the Library Best Practices Wiki [|Streetgangs Book Club] [|Urban Lit] Hennepin County Library [|Street Fiction]
 * RIYL books about gangs or street life**

Homeboyz by Alan Sitomer Black and White, Rucker Park Setup and Response by Paul Volponi Snitch by Allison van Diepen If I Grow Up by Todd Strasser "Academy 7" by Ousterlund " The Secret Year" by Jennifer Hubbard Hinton's " Rumble Fish " I Am the Messenger Scorpions by Walter D Myers The Autobiography of my Dead Brother by Walter D Myers Mousetrap by Walter D Myers Dopesick by Walter D Myers Kristin Randle’s _ breaking rank _.
 * RIYL Outsiders**

Autobiography of my Dead Brother by Walter Dean Myers Bang! by Sharon Flake Beckoners by Carrie Mac Bluford Series Breaking Rank by Kristin Randle Concrete Candy by Apollo A Different kind of heat by Antonio Pagliarulo Emako Blue by Brenda Woods Shadow of the Dragon by Sherry Garland Monster by Walter Dean Myers Drive By by Lynne Ewing East side dreams (and sequels) by Art Rodriguez //The Outsiders// by S.E. Hinton Homeboyz by Alan Lawrence Sitomer //Locas// by Yxta Maya Murray RETALIATION : WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF... by Yasmin Shiraz Romiette and Julio by Sharon Draper Scopions by Walter Dean Myers Snitch by Allison Van Diepen Street Pharm by ALlison Van Diepen True to the Game: A Teri Woods Fable by Teri Woods Tyrell by Coe Booth Upstate by Kalisha Buckhanon
 * Gang-related Fiction**

Always Running by Luis Rodriguez Down these Mean Streets by Piri Thomas [|Inside the Crips: Life Inside L.A.'s Most Notorious Gang] by Colton Simpson, Ann Pearlman, and Ice T Tamin the Tiger from the Depths of Hell to the Heights of Glory: The Remarkabel True Story of a Kung Fu Champion by Tony Anthony [|The Pact] by Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, Rameck Hunt, and Lisa Frazier Page True Notebooks by Mark Salzman Two Badges: The lives of Mona Ruiz by Mona Ruiz and Geoff Boucher Makes Me Wanna Holler by Nathan McCall No Choirboy: Murder, Violence, and Teenagers on Death Row by Susan Kuklin Life in prison by Stanley "Tookie" Williams Manchild in the Promised Land by Claude Brown Monster: the Autobiography of an LA Gang Member by Sanyika Shakur and Monster Kody Scott My Bloody Life by Reymundo Sanchez Once a King, Always a King by Sanchez The Cross and the Switchblade by David Wilkerson Parrot in the Oven by Victor Martinez The Freedom Writers Diary by by The Freedom Writers and Erin Gruwell [|We Beat the Street: How a Friendship Pact Led to Success] by Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, Rameck Hunt, and Sharon Draper Lady Q: The Rise and Fall of a Latin Queen
 * Gang-related Nonfiction**

Updated fromCALIBK12 by Emily Milla Library Clerk Updated from: YALSABK 09/13/08 by Brandi Smits