Scorpions

Description:

After reluctantly taking on the leadership of the Harlem gang, the Scorpions, Jamal finds that his enemies treat him with respect when he acquires a gun--until a tragedy occurs.

subjects: Pandillas,  Gangs,  Juvenile fiction,  Fiction,  African Americans in fiction,  Afronorteamericanos,  Gangs in fiction,  Ficción,  African Americans,  Newbery Honor,  Children's fiction,  Harlem (new york, n.y.), fiction,  Gangs, fiction,  African americans, fiction,  Adolescence, fiction,  award:Newbery_award,  lexile:610,  lexile_range:601-700,  age:min:13,  age:max:15,  grade:min:8,  grade:max:9

Places: Harlem (New York, N.Y.),  Harlem (Nueva York, N.Y.)