The novel showcases a gritty, realistic voice and earth–shattering romance that will intrigue readers of Simone Elkeles and Paul Griffin and captivate fans of Allison van Diepen's other novels. Since when is a shooting in the locker room not that bad Okay, despite his adult ADD, Dad remembered some things. On the Edge is a compelling story about fighting for what’s right and figuring out where you belong. But when they live this close to the edge, can their love survive? Lobo is mysterious and passionate, and Maddie begins to fall for him. Now, as the only witness, she knows there’s a target on her back.īut when the Reyes jump her on the street, Maddie is protected by a second gang and their secretive leader, Lobo, who is determined to take down the Reyes himself. If she hadn't, she wouldn't have seen two members of the Reyes gang attacking a homeless man. Maddie Diaz never should have taken that shortcut through the park. Snitch Reissue Edition Contributor(s): Van Diepen, Allison (Author) View larger image. Published by Harper Teen, HarperCollins Publication date: November 25, 2014įrom Allison van Diepen, author of Snitch and Street Pharm, comes a sexy, dangerous novel about a teen who witnesses a murder and gets caught up in the seedy world of Miami’s gangs. (Nov.ON THE EDGE On the Edge by Allison van Diepen A gripping story that is never preachy and presents powerful, all-too-real conflicts. This novel Snitch written by Allison van Diepen is a book that puts you in a place of wanting to read more and more wanting to know about the ending of the story. The author's experience working in a tough Brooklyn high school comes through in her knowledge of the inner workings of gangs, even though Julia's voice wavers between earnestness and authenticity (“You see, she was mad horny”).
Her friends are too frightened to associate with her, and Crip girls take revenge for Julia, leaving her with a “Crip debt to be paid.” The die is cast for a terrible choice. After she warns Eric of an imminent attack by a rival gang, Julia is labeled a snitch and gets badly beaten. Her resolve is tested when she falls for hot-looking Eric Valiente, the new guy from Detroit, who affects her like “a shot of caffeine to my bloodstream,” even though he joins the Crips.
At narrator Julia DiVino's Brooklyn high school, “staying out harder than joining,” but she and her best friend made a pact in seventh grade never to get “jumped in” and they've kept it.
but not a gang that's friendly with the crips. Detroit is where Eric started out in a gang. ) gives readers a close-up look at the explosive world of youth gangs in this mostly convincing novel. Snitch: Allison Van Diepen Detroit: Narc: Outbreaks: Knapp Street: Crip walk: Latin Kings: Miami: (Florida) -In the book, it's where Eric (Julia's boyfriend) is really from, he lies and says he's from the Queens.
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