🕊️ Gangland Redemption

Stories of transformation rising from the ashes of criminal life, where former gang members fight to reclaim their humanity and build something new.

Tattoos on the Heart

by Gregory Boyle • 2009

Gang programs fail because they're conditional. One LA priest bet on love that refuses to quit.

4.49

31k+

🕊️ Restorative Justice ⛪ Urban Ministry 🔄 Gang Rehabilitation

Tattoos on the Heart 89%

Gang programs fail because they're conditional. One LA priest bet on love that refuses to quit.

by Gregory Boyle 2009

4.49

31k+ ratings

🕊️ Restorative Justice ⛪ Urban Ministry 🔄 Gang Rehabilitation

Run Baby Run

by Nicky Cruz • 1969

His switchblade ruled a Brooklyn gang until an unarmed preacher walked in and refused to leave.

4.24

17k+

🏙️ Gang Life ✝️ Conversion Testimony ⛪ Urban Ministry

Run Baby Run 88%

His switchblade ruled a Brooklyn gang until an unarmed preacher walked in and refused to leave.

by Nicky Cruz 1969

4.24

17k+ ratings

🏙️ Gang Life ✝️ Conversion Testimony ⛪ Urban Ministry

Homeboyz

by Alan Sitomer • 2007

His sister killed by gangs, a teen genius must choose between revenge and saving a boy.

4.34

2k+

🔫 Gang Drama ⚔️ Revenge Quest 🧑‍🏫 Reluctant Mentor

Homeboyz 88%

His sister killed by gangs, a teen genius must choose between revenge and saving a boy.

by Alan Sitomer 2007

4.34

2k+ ratings

🔫 Gang Drama ⚔️ Revenge Quest 🧑‍🏫 Reluctant Mentor

Ice

by Ice-T • 2011

Orphaned at twelve, he became a South Central hustler. Then hip-hop made him a TV cop.

3.88

2k+

🎤 Gangsta Rap Origins 🎬 Rapper To Actor 🏙️ Street To Stage

Ice 88%

Orphaned at twelve, he became a South Central hustler. Then hip-hop made him a TV cop.

by Ice-T 2011

3.88

2k+ ratings

🎤 Gangsta Rap Origins 🎬 Rapper To Actor 🏙️ Street To Stage

Blood Covenant

by Michael Franzese • 2002

A Colombo capo left the mob for God after a $8-million-a-week fraud empire, and survived.

3.95

989

🕴️ Organized Crime 📖 Mafia Memoirs 💼 White Collar Crime

Blood Covenant 88%

A Colombo capo left the mob for God after a $8-million-a-week fraud empire, and survived.

by Michael Franzese 2002

3.95

989 ratings

🕴️ Organized Crime 📖 Mafia Memoirs 💼 White Collar Crime

The Black Hand

by Chris Blatchford • 2008

He was the Mexican Mafia's most brutal enforcer. Then he became its greatest target.

4.08

2k+

🇲🇽 Mexican Mafia 🕴️ Organized Crime ⛓️ Prison Gangs

The Black Hand 88%

He was the Mexican Mafia's most brutal enforcer. Then he became its greatest target.

by Chris Blatchford 2008

4.08

2k+ ratings

🇲🇽 Mexican Mafia 🕴️ Organized Crime ⛓️ Prison Gangs

Dead I Well May Be

by Adrian McKinty • 2003

Betrayed by his crime boss, an Irish immigrant must survive a Mexican prison and plan his revenge.

3.95

5k+

🍀 Irish Crime 🎯 Revenge Quest 🔓 Prison Break

Dead I Well May Be 88%

Betrayed by his crime boss, an Irish immigrant must survive a Mexican prison and plan his revenge.

by Adrian McKinty 2003

3.95

5k+ ratings

🍀 Irish Crime 🎯 Revenge Quest 🔓 Prison Break

The Night Shift

by Robert Enright • 2016

A shattered sniper punishes a freed rapist, igniting war with a corrupt detective and crime kingpin.

4.28

11k+

🕶 Vigilante Thriller 👮 Police Corruption 🪖 Haunted Soldier

The Night Shift 87%

A shattered sniper punishes a freed rapist, igniting war with a corrupt detective and crime kingpin.

by Robert Enright 2016

4.28

11k+ ratings

🕶 Vigilante Thriller 👮 Police Corruption 🪖 Haunted Soldier

Education of a Felon

by Edward Bunker • 1999

A career criminal's brutal education behind bars, and how literature gave him a way out.

4.14

2k+

⛓️ Prison Memoir 💰 Career Criminal 🔪 Prison Survival

Education of a Felon 87%

A career criminal's brutal education behind bars, and how literature gave him a way out.

by Edward Bunker 1999

4.14

2k+ ratings

⛓️ Prison Memoir 💰 Career Criminal 🔪 Prison Survival

The Cross and the Switchblade

by David Wilkerson • 1963

A Life photo pulls a rural pastor into Brooklyn's gangs, armed with prayer and an impossible love.

4.27

60k+

🏙️ Urban Ministry 🤝 Gang Intervention ✝️ Faith-Based Recovery

The Cross and the Switchblade 87%

A Life photo pulls a rural pastor into Brooklyn's gangs, armed with prayer and an impossible love.

by David Wilkerson 1963

4.27

60k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Ministry 🤝 Gang Intervention ✝️ Faith-Based Recovery

Assassins Anonymous

by Rob Hart • 2024

A hitman steals a recovering assassin's amends notebook, forcing him back to the underworld he fled.

3.88

12k+

🗡️ Retired Assassin 🩹 Addiction Recovery 👪 Found Family

Assassins Anonymous 87%

A hitman steals a recovering assassin's amends notebook, forcing him back to the underworld he fled.

by Rob Hart 2024

3.88

12k+ ratings

🗡️ Retired Assassin 🩹 Addiction Recovery 👪 Found Family

Pimp

by Iceberg Slim • 1967

A Chicago pimp traces his transformation from wounded boy to master manipulator to man undone.

4.00

15k+

🏙️ Street Memoir 🌃 Urban Underworld 📉 Rise And Fall

Pimp 87%

A Chicago pimp traces his transformation from wounded boy to master manipulator to man undone.

by Iceberg Slim 1967

4.00

15k+ ratings

🏙️ Street Memoir 🌃 Urban Underworld 📉 Rise And Fall

An American Summer

by Alex Kotlowitz • 2019

172 killed, 793 wounded. One Chicago summer, inside the lives the violence leaves behind.

4.31

5k+

🏙️ Urban Violence ⛓️ Mass Incarceration 🕊️ Restorative Justice

An American Summer 87%

172 killed, 793 wounded. One Chicago summer, inside the lives the violence leaves behind.

by Alex Kotlowitz 2019

4.31

5k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Violence ⛓️ Mass Incarceration 🕊️ Restorative Justice

Judge & Jury

by James Patterson • 2006

When a mob trial bombing kills her son, a juror becomes the hunter.

4.01

52k+

🔫 Organized Crime ⚖️ Legal Thriller 🌍 International Manhunt

Judge & Jury 86%

When a mob trial bombing kills her son, a juror becomes the hunter.

by James Patterson 2006

4.01

52k+ ratings

🔫 Organized Crime ⚖️ Legal Thriller 🌍 International Manhunt

L'instinct de mort

by Jacques Mesrine • 1984

From mourning a dead songbird to mastering the prison break: the gangster France could never hold.

4.31

422

🔓 Prison Escapes 📝 Criminal Memoir 🗼 French Underworld

L'instinct de mort 86%

From mourning a dead songbird to mastering the prison break: the gangster France could never hold.

by Jacques Mesrine 1984

4.31

422 ratings

🔓 Prison Escapes 📝 Criminal Memoir 🗼 French Underworld

Hard Landing

by Stephen Leather • 2004

An undercover cop gets close to a prison kingpin, but his family is targeted on the outside.

4.06

6k+

🕵️ Deep Cover 🚔 Prison Drama 💣 Tactical Action

Hard Landing 86%

An undercover cop gets close to a prison kingpin, but his family is targeted on the outside.

by Stephen Leather 2004

4.06

6k+ ratings

🕵️ Deep Cover 🚔 Prison Drama 💣 Tactical Action

Last Chance in Texas

by John Hubner • 2005

At a Texas juvenile prison, violent offenders reenact their crimes. Only one in ten reoffends.

4.29

828

⚖️ Juvenile Justice 🔄 Offender Rehabilitation 🫂 Restorative Justice

Last Chance in Texas 86%

At a Texas juvenile prison, violent offenders reenact their crimes. Only one in ten reoffends.

by John Hubner 2005

4.29

828 ratings

⚖️ Juvenile Justice 🔄 Offender Rehabilitation 🫂 Restorative Justice

The Many Lives of Mama Love

by Lara Love Hardin • 2023

Handcuffed in her cul-de-sac, a mother of four discovers family among the women of county jail.

4.43

133k+

💊 Addiction Memoir 🔒 Incarceration Memoir 🤝 Found Family In Prison

The Many Lives of Mama Love 86%

Handcuffed in her cul-de-sac, a mother of four discovers family among the women of county jail.

by Lara Love Hardin 2023

4.43

133k+ ratings

💊 Addiction Memoir 🔒 Incarceration Memoir 🤝 Found Family In Prison

Unruly

by Ja Rule • 2014

Millions of records sold. A prison sentence. And one phone call to the father who left him.

3.51

164

🎤 Hip Hop Memoirs 🎵 Music Industry ✊ Black Masculinity

Unruly 86%

Millions of records sold. A prison sentence. And one phone call to the father who left him.

by Ja Rule 2014

3.51

164 ratings

🎤 Hip Hop Memoirs 🎵 Music Industry ✊ Black Masculinity

Blacktop Wasteland

by S.A. Cosby • 2020

An ex-wheelman's last heist goes bloody, and a Southern crime lord demands his family as payment.

4.08

61k+

🌴 Southern Noir 💎 Heist Gone Wrong 🏎️ One Last Job

Blacktop Wasteland 86%

An ex-wheelman's last heist goes bloody, and a Southern crime lord demands his family as payment.

by S.A. Cosby 2020

4.08

61k+ ratings

🌴 Southern Noir 💎 Heist Gone Wrong 🏎️ One Last Job

Púa

by Lorenzo Silva • 2023

A retired spy must save his dying friend's daughter from the corrupt cop destroying her life.

3.59

1k+

🖤 Dirty War 🛡️ Reluctant Protector 👮 Corrupt Police

Púa 86%

A retired spy must save his dying friend's daughter from the corrupt cop destroying her life.

by Lorenzo Silva 2023

3.59

1k+ ratings

🖤 Dirty War 🛡️ Reluctant Protector 👮 Corrupt Police

Tokyo Noir

by Jake Adelstein • 2024

An American journalist in Tokyo exposes yakuza corruption, facing cancer, loss, and a Zen path.

3.90

628

🐉 Yakuza True Crime 🌆 Tokyo Underworld 🇰🇷 Korean Diaspora

Tokyo Noir 86%

An American journalist in Tokyo exposes yakuza corruption, facing cancer, loss, and a Zen path.

by Jake Adelstein 2024

3.90

628 ratings

🐉 Yakuza True Crime 🌆 Tokyo Underworld 🇰🇷 Korean Diaspora

Yellow

by Aron Beauregard • 2021

When a thug threatens his store and wife, a meek man finds the monster within.

3.77

2k+

🩸 Extreme Horror 🔪 Revenge Quest ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

Yellow 86%

When a thug threatens his store and wife, a meek man finds the monster within.

by Aron Beauregard 2021

3.77

2k+ ratings

🩸 Extreme Horror 🔪 Revenge Quest ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

The Cartel

by Don Winslow • 2015

A retired DEA agent leaves his beekeeping monastery to hunt the drug lord who got away.

4.36

40k+

🕵️ Narco Thriller 🇲🇽 Mexico Drug War 🎯 Personal Vendetta

The Cartel 86%

A retired DEA agent leaves his beekeeping monastery to hunt the drug lord who got away.

by Don Winslow 2015

4.36

40k+ ratings

🕵️ Narco Thriller 🇲🇽 Mexico Drug War 🎯 Personal Vendetta

No Plan B

by Lee Child • 2022

A staged suicide in Colorado drags Jack Reacher into a private prison's dark conspiracy.

3.97

65k+

🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller ⛓️ Prison Corruption 🐺 Lone Wolf Protagonist

No Plan B 86%

A staged suicide in Colorado drags Jack Reacher into a private prison's dark conspiracy.

by Lee Child 2022

3.97

65k+ ratings

🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller ⛓️ Prison Corruption 🐺 Lone Wolf Protagonist

Dongri To Dubai

by S. Hussain Zaidi • 2012

Gold smugglers, Bollywood dreams, and the constable's son who became a global terrorist.

3.95

11k+

🏙️ Mumbai Underworld 🕵️ Organized Crime History 👑 Dons And Kingpins

Dongri To Dubai 86%

Gold smugglers, Bollywood dreams, and the constable's son who became a global terrorist.

by S. Hussain Zaidi 2012

3.95

11k+ ratings

🏙️ Mumbai Underworld 🕵️ Organized Crime History 👑 Dons And Kingpins

Mafiosa

by Catherine Doyle • 2017

She joins the mob that killed her mother, falls for the heir training her to kill.

4.39

4k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers ⚔️ Family Feud

Mafiosa 86%

She joins the mob that killed her mother, falls for the heir training her to kill.

by Catherine Doyle 2017

4.39

4k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers ⚔️ Family Feud

Consumed by Hate, Redeemed by Love

by Thomas A. Tarrants • 2019

A Klansman went to prison. Books and unlikely friendships made him a minister.

4.37

461

🕊️ Racial Reconciliation 🚪 Leaving Hate Groups ⛓️ Prison Conversion

Consumed by Hate, Redeemed by Love Summary

Consumed by Hate, Redeemed by Love 86%

A Klansman went to prison. Books and unlikely friendships made him a minister.

by Thomas A. Tarrants 2019

4.37

461 ratings

🕊️ Racial Reconciliation 🚪 Leaving Hate Groups ⛓️ Prison Conversion

Pure Murder

by Corey Mitchell • 2008

Two girls, one shortcut, six boys. What happened in that Houston park rewrote Texas law.

3.97

1k+

🩸 Gang Violence ⚖️ Juvenile Justice 🗣️ Victims' Rights

Pure Murder 85%

Two girls, one shortcut, six boys. What happened in that Houston park rewrote Texas law.

by Corey Mitchell 2008

3.97

1k+ ratings

🩸 Gang Violence ⚖️ Juvenile Justice 🗣️ Victims' Rights

The Art of Making Money

by Jason Kersten • 2009

His counterfeits were nearly flawless. The people in his life were not.

4.01

2k+

💵 Counterfeiting 🕴️ Organized Crime 🧑‍🏫 Criminal Mentorship

The Art of Making Money 85%

His counterfeits were nearly flawless. The people in his life were not.

by Jason Kersten 2009

4.01

2k+ ratings

💵 Counterfeiting 🕴️ Organized Crime 🧑‍🏫 Criminal Mentorship

Fist Stick Knife Gun

by Geoffrey Canada • 1995

Respect was won with fists on Union Avenue. Then guns came and rewrote the rules for everyone.

4.03

3k+

🏙️ Urban Violence 🧱 Street Culture 🌱 Youth Mentorship

Fist Stick Knife Gun 85%

Respect was won with fists on Union Avenue. Then guns came and rewrote the rules for everyone.

by Geoffrey Canada 1995

4.03

3k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Violence 🧱 Street Culture 🌱 Youth Mentorship

Life or Death

by Michael Robotham • 2014

A day before freedom, a convict escapes into Texas to keep a promise worth any price.

4.10

13k+

🔓 Prison Escape 🔍 Manhunt 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller

Life or Death 85%

A day before freedom, a convict escapes into Texas to keep a promise worth any price.

by Michael Robotham 2014

4.10

13k+ ratings

🔓 Prison Escape 🔍 Manhunt 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller

The Ghosts of Belfast

by Stuart Neville • 2009

A Belfast hitman's twelve victims haunt him until he hunts the men who gave the orders.

3.93

9k+

🖤 Irish Noir 👻 Supernatural Noir 💀 Ghostly Vengeance

The Ghosts of Belfast 85%

A Belfast hitman's twelve victims haunt him until he hunts the men who gave the orders.

by Stuart Neville 2009

3.93

9k+ ratings

🖤 Irish Noir 👻 Supernatural Noir 💀 Ghostly Vengeance

Dawood's Mentor

by S. Hussain Zaidi • 2019

The wrestler who built the Dawood empire, then pulled off the Mumbai mafia's only clean break.

4.00

275

🏙️ Mumbai Underworld 💼 Organized Crime 🚢 Smuggling Operations

Dawood's Mentor 85%

The wrestler who built the Dawood empire, then pulled off the Mumbai mafia's only clean break.

by S. Hussain Zaidi 2019

4.00

275 ratings

🏙️ Mumbai Underworld 💼 Organized Crime 🚢 Smuggling Operations

Grim Begins

by Wiktor Miesok • 2025

Cast out by his Stasi father, a border guard discovers that honor survives only among thieves.

4.59

313

🏚️ Gulag Fiction 🗡️ Honor Among Thieves 🤝 Prison Brotherhood

Grim Begins 85%

Cast out by his Stasi father, a border guard discovers that honor survives only among thieves.

by Wiktor Miesok 2025

4.59

313 ratings

🏚️ Gulag Fiction 🗡️ Honor Among Thieves 🤝 Prison Brotherhood

Cash

by Johnny Cash • 1997

He crawled into a cave to die and came out ready to play Folsom Prison.

4.01

26k+

🎸 Music Memoirs 🕶️ Outlaw Country 💊 Addiction Recovery

Cash 85%

He crawled into a cave to die and came out ready to play Folsom Prison.

by Johnny Cash 1997

4.01

26k+ ratings

🎸 Music Memoirs 🕶️ Outlaw Country 💊 Addiction Recovery

Le ripou des Hells

by Éric Thibault • 2023

A celebrated anti-gang cop sold police secrets to the Hells Angels. His buyer kept the tapes.

4.03

🕴️ Organized Crime 🏍️ Biker Gangs 👮 Police Corruption

Le ripou des Hells 85%

A celebrated anti-gang cop sold police secrets to the Hells Angels. His buyer kept the tapes.

by Éric Thibault 2023

4.03

59 ratings

🕴️ Organized Crime 🏍️ Biker Gangs 👮 Police Corruption

The Other Side of Prospect

by Nicholas Dawidoff • 2022

A murder in New Haven, a false confession, and the forces that made both inevitable.

4.43

462

🏚️ Urban Decay ⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform ⛓️ Wrongful Conviction

The Other Side of Prospect 85%

A murder in New Haven, a false confession, and the forces that made both inevitable.

by Nicholas Dawidoff 2022

4.43

462 ratings

🏚️ Urban Decay ⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform ⛓️ Wrongful Conviction

Shantaram

by Gregory David Roberts • 2003

An Australian fugitive vanishes into Bombay, finding home in a slum and family in the underworld.

4.28

242k+

🏙️ Bombay Underworld 🫂 Found Family 🕊️ Redemption Arc

Shantaram 85%

An Australian fugitive vanishes into Bombay, finding home in a slum and family in the underworld.

by Gregory David Roberts 2003

4.28

242k+ ratings

🏙️ Bombay Underworld 🫂 Found Family 🕊️ Redemption Arc

King of Ashes

by S.A. Cosby • 2025

A brother owes a gang a quarter-million. A money man comes home to pay in ash.

3.96

82k+

🎭 Crime Family Drama 🏚️ Southern Gothic 🌾 Rural Noir

King of Ashes 85%

A brother owes a gang a quarter-million. A money man comes home to pay in ash.

by S.A. Cosby 2025

3.96

82k+ ratings

🎭 Crime Family Drama 🏚️ Southern Gothic 🌾 Rural Noir

[The Innocent] [By

by Harlan Coben • 2005

An ex-con's camera phone shows his wife with a stranger, dragging him into a blackmail conspiracy.

4.01

46k+

🏘️ Suburban Noir 🏡 Domestic Suspense ⚖️ Wrongfully Accused

[The Innocent] [By 85%

An ex-con's camera phone shows his wife with a stranger, dragging him into a blackmail conspiracy.

by Harlan Coben 2005

4.01

46k+ ratings

🏘️ Suburban Noir 🏡 Domestic Suspense ⚖️ Wrongfully Accused

The Warriors

by Sol Yurick • 1965

After a gang truce shatters in gunfire, six boys fight their way home across New York.

3.37

3k+

🔪 Literary Crime 👥 Gang Brotherhood 💪 Toxic Masculinity

The Warriors 85%

After a gang truce shatters in gunfire, six boys fight their way home across New York.

by Sol Yurick 1965

3.37

3k+ ratings

🔪 Literary Crime 👥 Gang Brotherhood 💪 Toxic Masculinity

Darkness Embraced

by Tillie Cole • 2019

A Klan heir falls for a cartel princess. In their world, love is treason.

4.26

7k+

🏍️ Mc Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💔 Forbidden Love

Darkness Embraced 85%

A Klan heir falls for a cartel princess. In their world, love is treason.

by Tillie Cole 2019

4.26

7k+ ratings

🏍️ Mc Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💔 Forbidden Love

Low Road

by Eddie B. Allen Jr. • 2004

Two guns, no prints, two children locked in the basement. He had written this scene before.

3.85

134

🖋️ Literary Biography 💉 Heroin Addiction 🔒 Prison Writing

Low Road 85%

Two guns, no prints, two children locked in the basement. He had written this scene before.

by Eddie B. Allen Jr. 2004

3.85

134 ratings

🖋️ Literary Biography 💉 Heroin Addiction 🔒 Prison Writing

Razorblade Tears

by S.A. Cosby • 2021

Two ex-con fathers, divided by race, unite to avenge the murder of their gay sons.

4.12

166k+

🔫 Vigilante Justice 🍑 Southern Noir 💧 Grief-Driven Revenge

Razorblade Tears 85%

Two ex-con fathers, divided by race, unite to avenge the murder of their gay sons.

by S.A. Cosby 2021

4.12

166k+ ratings

🔫 Vigilante Justice 🍑 Southern Noir 💧 Grief-Driven Revenge

Killing Floor

by Lee Child • 1997

A former military policeman, arrested in Georgia for murder, discovers the victim is his brother.

4.08

354k+

🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🪖 Ex Military Hero 💔 Family Revenge

Killing Floor 85%

A former military policeman, arrested in Georgia for murder, discovers the victim is his brother.

by Lee Child 1997

4.08

354k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🪖 Ex Military Hero 💔 Family Revenge

Life in the City of Dirty Water

by Clayton Thomas-Muller • 2021

He learned violence in Winnipeg's gangs. A sweat lodge showed him what was worth protecting.

3.65

4k+

🏙️ Urban Indigenous Life 🌍 Environmental Justice 🪶 Cultural Reclamation

Life in the City of Dirty Water 85%

He learned violence in Winnipeg's gangs. A sweat lodge showed him what was worth protecting.

by Clayton Thomas-Muller 2021

3.65

4k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Indigenous Life 🌍 Environmental Justice 🪶 Cultural Reclamation

Billy Summers

by Stephen King • 2021

A hitman's last hit needs a writer's disguise. The girl he saves makes him the target.

4.18

199k+

🔫 Hitman Thriller 📚 Literary Thriller 👨‍👧 Reluctant Father Figure

Billy Summers 85%

A hitman's last hit needs a writer's disguise. The girl he saves makes him the target.

by Stephen King 2021

4.18

199k+ ratings

🔫 Hitman Thriller 📚 Literary Thriller 👨‍👧 Reluctant Father Figure

An Obvious Fact

by Craig Johnson • 2016

A suspicious wreck at Sturgis draws a Wyoming sheriff into outlaw bikers and ghost guns.

4.26

15k+

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🌄 Rural Noir 🕵️ Undercover Agent

An Obvious Fact 85%

A suspicious wreck at Sturgis draws a Wyoming sheriff into outlaw bikers and ghost guns.

by Craig Johnson 2016

4.26

15k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🌄 Rural Noir 🕵️ Undercover Agent

Scorpions

by Walter Dean Myers • 1995

A Harlem boy inherits his brother's gang and a gun, learning their true cost.

3.8

3k+

🏙️ Gritty Young Adult 🔫 Gang Life 💔 Tragic Friendship

Scorpions 85%

A Harlem boy inherits his brother's gang and a gun, learning their true cost.

by Walter Dean Myers 1995

3.8

3k+ ratings

🏙️ Gritty Young Adult 🔫 Gang Life 💔 Tragic Friendship

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