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Urban Fiction April 2014
"An urban novelist never minds a little decay." - Jane Smiley
Introduction
Check out some of the hottest urban fiction titles on library shelves. No matter if it's a newly release sequel or an old favorite, there's something here for adult and teen fans of the book genre. Check one out now, while it's still available.
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Always Unique - Nikki Turner
Publisher: St Martins Pr
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/04/2014
Share Always Unique ISBN-13: 9781250043023
 ISBN-10: 1250043026
Presents three novellas that follow Unique as she does everything in her power to live the life she has always dreamed of with her new fiancé (a big-time boxing promoter) by her side. Unique finds herself losing control, though, when her past returns with a vengeance. Original.
Animal II: The Omen - K'wan
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 11/19/2013
Share Animal II%3a The Omen ISBN-13: 9781936399291
 ISBN-10: 1936399296
A follow-up to Animal finds a loyalty-torn Animal forging an uneasy truce with the father who abandoned him to take down a common enemy and gain his freedom, an effort that is challenged by daunting elements from his past. By the award-winning author of Hood Rat. Original.
Black Out - George Sherman Hudson
Publisher: G Street Chronicles
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 02/08/2013
Share Black Out ISBN-13: 9781938442469
 ISBN-10: 1938442466
After getting a beat down from B-Low and his gang members, Real seeks revenge when he goes back to prison. During his sentence, Real finds love in Sgt. Shonnie and eventually freedom from the maximum security prison when his appeal is granted. His release just opens up the door for their love to grow, but not without some serious challenges.
Don't Breathe a Word - Holly Cupala
Publisher: HarperTeen
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 01/03/2012
Share Don ISBN-13: 9780061766695
 ISBN-10: 0061766690
Joy Delamere is suffocating from severe asthma, overprotective parents and an emotionally-abusive boyfriend when she escapes to the streets of nearby Seattle and falls in with a "street family" that teaches her to use a strength she did not know she possessed. Original.
Get Money Chicks - Anna J.
Publisher: Urban Books
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/02/2012
Share Get Money Chicks ISBN-13: 9781601625250
 ISBN-10: 1601625251
When tragedy strikes, Mina (who uses sex to get what she wants) questions her morality and fast money lifestyle, which causes a rift between her and her best friends Shanna and Karen. She's forced to choose between walking the straight and narrow or staying in the game. Original.
May the Best Man Win - M. T. Pope
Publisher: Urban Renaissance
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 08/01/2013
Share May the Best Man Win ISBN-13: 9781601623874
 ISBN-10: 1601623879
Kardell Spencer and his employee Lewis Turner both vie for the affections of their new advertising client, Mateo.
No Way Out - Peggy Kern
Publisher: Scholastic
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 08/01/2012
Share No Way Out ISBN-13: 9780545395496
 ISBN-10: 0545395496
With his sick grandmother's medical bills mounting and a social worker threatening to put him in a foster home because his grandmother can no longer take him of him, Bluford High freshman Harold David reluctantly agrees to work for the neighborhood drug dealer to pay the bills.
School Boy - Katavious Ellis
Publisher: G Street Chronicles
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 11/23/2012
Share School Boy ISBN-13: 9781938442292
 ISBN-10: 1938442296
Despite being the son of a man who runs the streets of Atlanta with an iron fist and a deadly crew, Todd is able to focus on his education. However, things get complicated when a woman named Beautiful steps into the picture. 
Street Divas - De'nesha Diamond
Publisher: Kensington Pub.
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/25/2011
Share Street Divas ISBN-13: 9780758247575
 ISBN-10: 0758247575
Sisters LaShelle and Ta'Shara fall out over Ta'Shara's involvement with Profit (a gangster who runs with the Vice Lords) as Python remains the main hustler that the Memphis, Tenn. girls truly want to be with.
Theories of Relativity - Barbara Haworth-Attard
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/01/2005
Share Theories of Relativity ISBN-13: 9780805077902
 ISBN-10: 0805077901
When his volatile mother throws him out of the house and he loses contact with his two younger brothers, 16-year-old Dylan is forced to live on the streets and beg for money. Yet through it all, he finds a way to survive, keep his spirit intact and meet other street kids with whom he develops a real bond out of desperation and necessity in their harsh environment.
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