Street Fiction

Plot Overview (from the back of the book)

Allen Richards a.k.a. Pooney, learns the hard way just how fast a life filled with promise can become the greatest of urban tragedies. Blessed with a loving mother and younger sister, Pooney is a star student athlete. But when an argument with another young man over a girlfriend causes Pooney to join a local gang, his life takes a drastic turn.

Pooney quickly falls in love with his new “family” and the foul activities that now dominate his life. With his single mom working constantly to support herself and two children, Pooney finds freedom to indulge in his new self-destructive habits. However, when the highest ranking member of the Deuce-Nine Crips shows romantic interest in Pooney’s sister, his love affair with gang is over. Unfortunately, Pooney finds that getting of a gang proves much more difficult than getting into one.