Lefty

Description:

***Horrifying, direct, honest ... a must read for every person - of ANY age group!*** **LEFTY introduces you to the treacherous world of the ghetto...to the vicious cycle of drug addiction and crime...and to the one Person who offers anyone--no matter how far gone--a dramatic turning point and a whole new tomorrow.** **''What was I going to do? Where was I going to go? Who wanted a junkie?''** **Every choice made by 18 year-old Lefty Taggart hinged on one fact: he had an insatiable need for heroin.** Teaming up with another streetwise junkie named Oscar, he entered the double-dealing world of drug connections, theft schemes, and fugitives fleeing the law. Minutes before undercover policemen closed in on Lefty and Oscar, two compassionate strangers offered them a chance to stop running -- and start life all over again. For one of them, however, it turned out to be too late.

subjects: Christianity,  Young adult,  Juvenile,  Fiction,  Schemes,  Theft,  Drugs,  Heroin,  Police

Times: 1981