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Caught up in a world of easy money, designer labels and drug-dealing boyfriends, sixteen-year-old Kyra Jones is living life on the fast track. But when her single mom is offered a job that takes Kyra away from her old Chicago neighborhood, and the drugs and gang violence that go along with it, she finally realizes that there's more to life than Gucci, Prada and ghetto-fabulous bling. Starting over in a new place, with a new boyfriend, Justin, gives Kyra hope that life can be different. But show more sometimes the fast life catches up to you. And for Kyra, her only hope is to stay one step ahead of trouble. show lessTags
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- Canonical title
- Fast Life
- Original publication date
- 2007-07-01
- People/Characters
- Kyra Jones; Makai Jackson; Natasha Simmons; Mercedes Alvarez; Justin Hartwell; Quentin Hartwell (show all 14); Angel Cartier; Veronica Pierce; Richard Pierce; Bridgette; Nicole; Geneva Jones; Matthew Daniels; Ms. Kingsley
- Important places
- Chicago, Illinois, USA; Prince Paul; Providenciales; Prince Paul Academy; The Sands at Grace Bay
- First words
- Five, four, three, two, one, brrring!
The bell sounded, signifying the end to another day at John Marshall Metropolitan
High School. Kyra Jones snatched her black JanSport backpack off the floor and rushed
out of the classroom into the overly crowded halls.
Finally, the day is over! Thank God! ...
Everyone knows that Makai and I are king and queen. We run this.... As for all the
haters, I just brush ‘em off. A chick like me got more important things to worry about.
They’re just tryin’ to catch me ... (show all)slippin’, which even in these four-inch heels ain’t happenin’. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)She was just where she wanted to be, and for once
life seemed to slow down enough for her to truly rest. Living the fast life had left her
exhausted. Now as she drifted off to sleep, she was ready for a new and peaceful life.
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- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, Teen, Tween, Young Adult
- DDC/MDS
- 813.54 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1945-1999
- LCC
- PZ7 .C262525 .F — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
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