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There goes the neighborhood / Jade Adia.
"In order to stop the destructive forces of gentrification, three best friends use social media to create a fake gang and get justice for their South L.A. community"-- Provided by publisher.
Rhea and her friends Zeke and Malachi are South L.A. born and raised. The old neighborhood is fading away, and more white people are flocking to this little urban paradise for its cheap rent, transforming the place they call home. When an eviction notice from a greedy landlord threatens to split up the crew, Rhea and her friends use social media to form a fake gang in hopes of scaring off developers. They even use firecrackers to create the illusion of gang violence. Their scheme appears to work-- until a murder is pegged on the nonexistent gang. -- adapted from jacket
Record details
- ISBN: 9781368084321 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 136808432X (hardcover)
- ISBN: 9781368084345 (trade paperback)
- ISBN: 1368084346 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: 414 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Los Angeles ; Hyperion, 2023.
- Copyright: ©2023
Content descriptions
| Target Audience Note: | Ages 12-18. Hyperion. Grades 7-9. Hyperion. |
| Awards Note: | Coretta Scott King / John Steptoe new talent author award, 2024 |
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| Genre: | Social problem fiction. |
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- Baker & Taylor
With her friends and family being pushed out of their South L.A. neighborhood, Rhea decides itâs time to push back and manipulates social media to create the illusion of gang violence in their community to create fear and scare newcomers off, with deadly consequences. - Baker & Taylor
"In order to stop the destructive forces of gentrification, three best friends use social media to create a fake gang and get justice for their South L.A. community"-- - Grand Central Pub
A raised fist against the destructive forces of gentrification and a love letter to communities of color everywhere, Jade Adia's unforgettable debut tells the darkly hilarious story of three best friends willing to do whatever it takes to stay together.
The gang is fake, but the fear is real.
Rheaâs neighborhood is fading awayâthe mom-and-pop shops of her childhood forced out to make space for an artisanal kombucha brewery here, a hot yoga studio there. And everywhere, the feeling that this place is no longer meant for her. Because while their little corner of South L.A. isnât perfect, to Rhea and her two best friends, itâs something even more importantâitâs home. And itâs worth protecting.
But as more white people flock to their latest edgy, urban paradise for its cheap rent and sparkling new Whole Foods, more of Rheaâs friends and family are pushed out. Until Rhea decides itâs time to push back. Armed with their cellphones and a bag of firecrackers, the friends manipulate social media to create the illusion of gang violence in their neighborhood. All Rhea wanted to do was protect her community. Her friends. Herself. No one was supposed to get hurt. No one was supposed to die.
But is anyone ever really safe when youâre fighting power with fear? - Random House, Inc.
Winner of the 2024 Coretta Scott King John Steptoe New Talent Award
A raised fist against the destructive forces of gentrification and a love letter to communities of color everywhere, Jade Adia's unforgettable debut tells the darkly hilarious story of three best friends willing to do whatever it takes to stay together.
The gang is fake, but the fear is real.
Rheaâs neighborhood is fading awayâthe mom-and-pop shops of her childhood forced out to make space for an artisanal kombucha brewery here, a hot yoga studio there. And everywhere, the feeling that this place is no longer meant for her. Because while their little corner of South L.A. isnât perfect, to Rhea and her two best friends, itâs something even more importantâitâs home. And itâs worth protecting.
But as more white people flock to their latest edgy, urban paradise for its cheap rent and sparkling new Whole Foods, more of Rheaâs friends and family are pushed out. Until Rhea decides itâs time to push back. Armed with their cellphones and a bag of firecrackers, the friends manipulate social media to create the illusion of gang violence in their neighborhood. All Rhea wanted to do was protect her community. Her friends. Herself. No one was supposed to get hurt. No one was supposed to die.Â
But is anyone ever really safe when youâre fighting power with fear?