Street Boys: 7 Kids. 1 Estate. No Way Out. The True Story of a Lost Childhood - Softcover
329 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in As new condition throughout. Eight Years Old With No One To Look After Me, I Just Lived On The Streets And Made Do By Myself,there Was No One Except Me And My Friends.
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‘Powerful and moving.’ Mothers Against Guns
‘In a year which has seen street violence escalate, Street Boys sheds invaluable insight.’
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7 kids. 1 estate. Welcome to Angell Town. The shocking, powerful true story of the lives of 7 young kids, marred by guns, gangs and violence on one of Britain's toughest estates. 'Everyone was out there and there were gunshots. Bang, bang, bang. It was hectic. Someone had been shot. I didn't know the guy. We were all young. There was blood everywhere man. He'd been shot in the face.' This is the story of Elijah (JaJa), Simon (Phat Si), 'Bloods', Nathan (Inch), Michael (Birdie), Byron (Ribz), and Darren (Tempman).These 7 young boys each have one thing in common -- they grew up on the Angell Town estate. Living on one of the most deprived estates in the UK, the boys form a misfit family, a gang called the PDC, the Peel Dem Crew -- their answer to the chaos of life on the estate. Ribz's mother sells crack and is sent to prison. Ribz doesn't know who his father is but does know that his father has an unknown number of children all living in Angell Town. Phat Si comes home from school to find his mother gone, so he takes to the streets. He's 8 years old. JaJa witnesses his mother beaten by his father every day, until eventually they run away to London and to the Angell Town estate.He movingly describes his slow descent from petty theft to armed robbery as life amongst Yardies and prostitutes in Angell Town engulfs him. 'From about 10 years old I went by myself, robbing people. Crime just got me. It got bigger and bigger until it was like an addiction. When I bought my first pair of trainers myself, that's when it became a problem. I see my friends with new trainers and it used to play on my mind and I thought "I know how to get it". So I went out and got it.' Behind the screaming headlines and terrifying statistics on guns, gangs and youth crime pouring from estates all over Britain, lie the broken lives of these young boys. As they grow up and friends are shot and stabbed around them, the boys struggle to find a way out of the chaos. Street Boys is their shocking, powerful and important story - and will stay with you.
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- PublisherHarperElement
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 0007275412
- ISBN 13 9780007275410
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages336
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Book Description Trade Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Reprint. Trade Paperback. 330 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Harper Collins, UK, 2008. Reprint. *** CONDITION: This book is in near fine condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing or wear. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are lightly tanned. This book is an unread copy. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: 7 kids. 1 estate. Welcome to Angell Town. The shocking, powerful true story of the lives of 7 young kids, marred by guns, gangs and violence on one of Britain's toughest estates. 'Everyone was out there and there were gunshots. Bang, bang, bang. It was hectic. Someone had been shot. I didn't know the guy. We were all young. There was blood everywhere man. He'd been shot in the face.' This is the story of Elijah (JaJa), Simon (Phat Si), 'Bloods', Nathan (Inch), Michael (Birdie), Byron (Ribz), and Darren (Tempman).These 7 young boys each have one thing in common - they grew up on the Angell Town estate. Living on one of the most deprived estates in the UK, the boys form a misfit family, a gang called the PDC, the Peel Dem Crew - their answer to the chaos of life on the estate. Ribz's mother sells crack and is sent to prison. Ribz doesn't know who his father is but does know that his father has an unknown number of children all living in Angell Town. Phat Si comes home from school to find his mother gone, so he takes to the streets. He's 8 years old. JaJa witnesses his mother beaten by his father every day, until eventually they run away to London and to the Angell Town estate.He movingly describes his slow descent from petty theft to armed robbery as life amongst Yardies and prostitutes in Angell Town engulfs him. 'From about 10 years old I went by myself, robbing people. Crime just got me. It got bigger and bigger until it was like an addiction. When I bought my first pair of trainers myself, that's when it became a problem. I see my friends with new trainers and it used to play on my mind and I thought "I know how to get it". So I went out and got it.' Behind the screaming headlines and terrifying statistics on guns, gangs and youth crime pouring from estates all over Britain, lie the broken lives of these young boys. As they grow up and friends are shot and stabbed around them, the boys struggle to find a way out of the chaos. Street Boys is their shocking, powerful and important story - and will stay with you. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN/EAN: 9780007275410. Inventory No: 10100637. The photo of this book is of the actual book for sale. Seller Inventory # 10100637
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