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Gr 10 Up—Teens looking to read about romance, sex, drug use, and urban drama will find it in the story of 16-year-old Kennedy Simms, a suburban girl who longs for the excitement of life in the 'hood. She's attracted to boys who wear sagging jeans and smell of marijuana smoke—boys her more conservative friends disapprovingly call "thugs" and "hoodlums." But Kennedy's bored with dating the nerds her parents and friends like; she's determined to break out of her safe world in a gated community and ex...Log In or Sign Up to Read More