Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member
by Sanyika Shakur
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The classic memoir of life as a Crip, written in solitary confinement. After pumping eight blasts from a sawed-off shotgun at a group of rival gang members, twelve-year-old Kody Scott was initiated into the L.A. gang the Crips. He quickly matured into one of the most formidable Crip combat soldiers, earning the name "Monster" for committing acts of brutal violence that repulsed even his fellow gang members. When the inevitable jail term confined him to a maximum-security cell, a complete show more political and personal transformation followed: from Monster to Sanyika Shakur, black nationalist, member of the New Afrikan Independence Movement, and crusader against the causes of gangsterism. In a work that has been compared to The Autobiography of Malcolm X and Eldridge Cleaver's Soul on Ice, Shakur makes palpable the despair and decay of America's inner cities and gives eloquent voice to one aspect of the black ghetto experience. show lessTags
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- Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member
- People/Characters
- Crips (gang); Bloods (gang)
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- Los Angeles, California, USA; South Central, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Biography & Memoir, Nonfiction, Teen
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- 364.1092 — Society, Government, and Culture Social problems and social services Crime Criminal offenses
- LCC
- HV6439 .U7 .L774 — Social sciences Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology Crimes and offenses
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