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Myers,
Walter Dean
SCORPIONS
New
York : HarperTrophy, 1988.
IL 5-8
RL 7.1
ISBN
0064470660
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is the story of a boy named Jamal Hicks. He lives in Harlem with
his mother and sister. His brother, Randy, was sent to jail after
killing someone with two other members from his gang, the Scorpions.
An older boy named Mack, who is Randy's best friend, decides to have Jamal
be the leader of the Scorpions and gives him a gun. Jamal feels power
with the gun but he also feels scared and guilty. "That ain't real"
Dwayne said. "Come on" Jamal said. There was the taste of blood
in his mouth. "You gonna see its real." Dwayne didn't move.
Jamal held the gun pointed at Dwayne. He could hear the sound of
his own breathing and Dwayne's even heavier breathing. "That ain't
nothin' but a cap pistol," Dwayne said. "The Scorpions don't have
no fake guns," said Jamal. "You ain't no Scorpion" "I'm the
leader of the Scorpions." Will Jamal make the right choice?
Read SCORPIONS by Walter Dean Myers to find out. (Jim F., 8th grade
student, Rundlett Middle School, Concord, New Hampshire) |
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SUBJECTS:
Gangs -- Fiction
African Americans -- Fiction
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction |
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