copyright date: February 2014 primarily marketed for: young adults (high school) I have been a fan of Lynne Ewing ’s Drive By for years. It is a short, easy to read story about a boy whose older brother is gunned down in a drive by while they are walking home together. At first, it seems to be a case of an innocent child in the wrong place at the wrong time. That is, until the younger brother is approached about taking his older brother’s place in a gang. It is a story filled with action and tough choices. So, when I saw that Lynne Ewing’s new book The Lure , I immediately knew it would be one I would want to share. Ewing gives us a hard core look at life in the inner city. The Lure is the story of Blaise, a self-reliant teenage girl, living with her grandmother. She has a rough history and often eats ketchup packets and sugar packets as meals to leave enough money for her grandmother t...
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