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Conly, Jane Leslie.
IN THE NIGHT, ON LANVALE STREET
New York : Holt, 2005
IL YA
ISBN 0805074643
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 A murder!  In our neighborhood!  Thirteen-year-old Charlie and her younger brother set out to find out what happened.  What they find is that their neighborhood is infested with drug dealers who eventually threaten Charlie and her friend Shan.  Could some of the dangerous goings-on be happening much too close to home?
SUBJECTS:     Gangs -- Fiction.
                        Neighborhood -- Fiction.
                        Brothers and sisters -- Fiction.
                        Mental illness -- Fiction.
                        African Americans -- Fiction..
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