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Durango Street
Contributor(s): Bonham, Frank (Author)

ISBN: 0141303093 ISBN-13: 9780141303093
Publisher: Puffin Books

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Binding Type: Mass Market Paperbound - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: January 1999
Annotation: When Rufus Henry gets out of work camp for Grand Theft Auto, he has only one place to go -- back to Durango Street. Almost right away, he gets on the wrong side of the Gassers, has to join the rival Moors -- and starts running for his life. Years ahead of its time, Durango Street, like The Outsiders, shows that gang violence is, sadly, nothing new -- and nothing glamorous.

Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | People & Places - United States - African American
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Peer Pressure
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Violence

Dewey: FIC

LCCN: 99461905

Age Level: 10-UP

Grade Level: 5-UP

Lexile Measure: 640(Not Available)

Physical Information: 0.52" H x 4.56" W x 7.28" L (0.27 lbs) 192 pages

Themes:
- Demographic Orientation - Urban
- Ethnic Orientation - African American

Features: Ikids, Price on Product

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 759
Reading Level: 4.6 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 7.0

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:
When Rufus Henry gets out of work camp for Grand Theft Auto, he has only one place to go? back to Durango Street. Almost right away, he gets on the wrong side of the Gassers, has to join the rival Moors? and starts running for his life. Years ahead of its time, Durango Street, like The Outsiders, shows that gang violence is, sadly, nothing new? and nothing glamorous.A starkly realistic, convincing, well-written teen novel. ? School Library Journal

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