Title |
Random family love, drugs, trouble, and coming of age in the Bronx
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Names |
LeBlanc, Adrian Nicole.
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Book Number |
DB055875
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Title Status |
Active
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Medium |
Digital Book
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Download Link |
Downloadable talking book.
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Annotation |
The author, who studied law, sociology, and journalism, provides an account of teenagers in the Bronx during the 1980s. By becoming personally involved, LeBlanc attained a firsthand understanding of how the teens' need for excitement, money, sex, and family led to drugs, sexual abuse, unwanted babies, and prison terms. Strong language. 2003.
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Narrator |
Jones, Erin.
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Local Subject |
Adult Book - AD
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Adult Non-Fiction - AN
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History, United States - HUS
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History - HST
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Audience Notes |
Female narrator.
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Contains strong language.
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LC Subject |
Family - New York (State) - New York - Case studies
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Inner cities - New York (State) - Case studies
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Urban poor - New York (State) - New York - Case studies
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Youth - Drug use - New York (State) - New York
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Youth - New York (State) - New York - Biography
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Bronx (New York, N.Y.) - Social conditions
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New York (N.Y.) - Social conditions
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Call Number |
974.7275043 ANF
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Language |
English
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Released |
2003
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Publication Info |
Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 2003 (APH, recording studio).
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Original Publication |
Recorded from: New York : Scribner, c2003.
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