Dirty Dealing: Drug Smuggling on the Mexican Border & the Assassination of a Federal Judge : An American Parable

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Four pages into this rollicking good story, the central figure, Lee Chagra, comes alive: "[Lee] washed his morning cocaine down with strong coffee and remembered the time he had met Sinatra, how genuine he appeared." Everything you'll need to know and remember about Chagra--the son of Syrian immigrants to Mexico and an attorney who spun the world of dope-running, border-crossing, high-living outlaws along the El Paso-Juarez border around his finger like the gaudy rings he favored--can be neatly summarized in that one sentence. Forget the byzantine complications of the plot to follow: Lee Chagra dies two pages later, yet he haunts the rest of this cautionary tale like a high-rolling specter.

Cartwright tells the story of the Chagra brothers, Lee and Joe, as they get mixed up with the drug-running community along the border and in short order find themselves hopelessly entangled in a net cast by the DEA. Even readers unfamiliar with the well-publicized events of the book or of the dark, lawless aspect that often rules El Paso will find themselves pulled along by the plot: brigands and intrigue leap from almost every page, and the story just gets wilder the further into it you venture.

Cartwright's undisguised distaste for certain law officials and agencies is sure to irk some readers; however, his ultimate ability to tell a good story should make Dirty Dealing palatable to even the most stalwart law-and-order types. --Tjames Madison

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nonfiction, drug smuggling on US/Mexican border

Customer Reviews:

Best book ever on American cocaine and marijuana smugglers.......2007-02-18

The true story of the Chagra brothers drug smuggling empire and high rolling gambling is an American classic. It is so engrossing that if you read the first page you will be hooked! ElPaso, Las Vegas, the murder of a powerful federal judge, sex, drugs, movie stars, gambling for extremely high stakes ... it has everything.

not worth 50 cents I paid for it used.......2006-11-23

I've read a lot of true crime books and the best ones take the reader through the mystery and ultimate solving of the crime in question.

Most authors of true crime books realize that they are dealing with criminals, police, and prosecutors and they walk a fine line in trying to tell a story of a crime that has in some unique way become interesting enough to the general public to warrant a book being written.

The author of this book, while going through the facts of these criminals lives and their crimes, from the first page on, glorifies these criminals and their murders and lifestyles. The facts of the crime(s) are secondary in this book to presenting these criminals as heroes because they have used the vast amounts of drug money to become vastly richer then they otherwise would ever become.

In every single page of this book the criminals get the "good" adjectives describing these dope dealers and murderers as "robin hood" types and the judges and the prosecutors get the uncomplimentary words to describe them.

According to the way this author portrays the people who murder and bring drugs into our society they are the good guys and the people who try to put them in prison, to keep them away from our society and children, are the bumbling fools always making mistakes and letting the "good guy criminals" go free.

This author has a chance to present a more fair-sided book but instead opted to glorify the criminals and their drug crimes.

If you don't believe what I say about this author idolizing the dope dealing criminals and murderers, then buy this book and read the first 50 pages.

But don't waste your money and time and pay over 50 cents for it.

It Was All About Money.......2006-06-30

Like a Greek tragedy, the victims or players as some readers might want to call them, had no way out. All of them, good, bad, rich or poor, got entangled in a spiders' web of which they would never be able to get out.

To some of us, money is the source of all evil. To others money is a commodity, a need, a necessity. The more we have, the more we want, and the more we want, the deeper we get into the quagmire of bad and possibly even evil.

The author, Gary Cartwright, of "Dirty Dealings" does not aim a literary (literally speaking) shotgun at anyone in particular. He points the literary shotgun at everyone. Above all, he does not discriminate concerning the victims or players in the story. He tells it as it is; as it was; as it happened.

The arrogance and dictatorship of many leaves the reader with fear, dread, and apprehension due to the fact that those who were supposed to uphold the honest, honorable pillars of good and justice were just as bad as those they considered the bad seeds of a society. For sure, two wrong's can never make a right, and likewise, two right's can never make a wrong.

Mr. Gary Cartwright not only tells it like it was, but gives the reader an excellent background on the history and culture of city where the injustices by many---good, bad and evil-- took place.

I highly recommend for everyone, regardless of his or her stature in life, to read this book.

Eye Opener.......2006-01-05

The early history of El Paso (my birthplace) was very interesting to me. My family and I moved overseas when I was 4 years old, so I didn't have much opportunity to know about my home town. To make a long story short,I discovered when I was 27 yrs. old that my "Dad" was not my natural father. I was informed of this books existence in 2003 by a maternal Aunt. Upon reading it, when I turned to page 200 my jaw dropped. The resemblance I share with the picture of Joe Chagra was uncanny. My children had the same reaction. Because of the time line the possibility of Joe being my natural father is not realistic. The book made reference to Lee being a womanizer before he was married, and after. Upon receiving a picture of Lee's oldest daughter many months later (we're about the same age) and the strong resemblance to one another, some of my uncertainties regarding my parentage have been dispelled. I may never know the truth about my natural father, short of DNA testing, so this is as close as I may come. If not for your book Mr. Cartwright, I would probably still be at square one. My mother, also a native El Pasoan, refused to divulge any information to me, hence the almost 18 year seperation, not only for this reason. I hear that Jimmy was reunited with a daughter he never knew about while in prison, but alas it wasn't me. I'll bet she's slim, attractive, with creamy-coffee colored skin though.

An enjoyable read and almost fair to the real John Wood.......2004-12-14

Judge John Wood, whom my father and uncle, both now deceased trial lawyers, both had cases in front of, was one of the worst judges who ever walked the earth. He was a ruthless hack who enjoyed dealing in other people's misery. Wood's vicious sentencing cost the government tens of millions of dollars in prison expenses and destroyed the lives of many people who were not hardened criminals but people who made a mistake and were punished out of proportion to their crime.

My father and uncle had far too much respect for the law to have ever said it, but I will. Judge Wood's killing was bound to happen and it was no tragedy, no disgrace to the country. While I can't say that Charles Harrelson (or for the sake of argument whoever else may have shot Wood) was any kind of hero, and while I cannot advocate killing anyone as Wood was killed, sometimes bullies and tyrants are bound to be gunned down. Wood was both, and a lot of basically decent and law-abiding people acknowledged that in this case a bad thing had happened to a bad person. Indeed, Wood's lawful but vicious behavior was as damaging to society as those of any of his drug defendants

A similar case is in the news as an aging film actor of modest talents and careeer is accused of killing a woman who had had a long career of fraud and bunco schemes which victimized mostly elderly, lonely, and inoffensive, if pathetic, victims. How do we as a society react to such a situation? In both these cases, we have a clearly criminal homicide, and no one save hard-boiled anarchists would say that the killers involved 'did right': but only a fool or a hapless prosecutor forced to try the case would say that it was a truly heinous or uncalled-for act.

I njoyed many other aspects of the book as well, including discussions of Marty Houltin and his marijuana flying activities. I knew Houltin when I was a young student pilot and saw what he could do with a light airplane, particularly the awkward and slothful Piper Cherokee, that were almost beyond belief. Everyone, smuggler, lawman or pilot, who knew Houltin regarded him as possibly the finest lightplane pilot on earth, and he was generally very well liked by those who flew even though it was widely suspected he was at least complicit in stealing airplanes-the story was that he only stole planes that had full insurance and on more than one occasion stole and parted out or ditched insured airplanes whose owners had asked him to in order to get out from under a market albatross or hangar queen.

Overall, it's an interesting read.

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Party Girl by Lynne Ewing
Party Girl
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!Best Book Ever!

Party Girl (Knopf Books)
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ASIN: 037580210X
Release Date: 1999-11-02

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"We used to sit on the playground and plan our weddings, tracing long flowing white gowns in the sand with sticks. Then, in sixth grade--I can't remember the day it happened--a stone rolled in front of our futures. We dropped the sticks and our dreams and started planning our funerals instead." This sad, resigned voice, wise beyond her teen years, is that of Kata, a girl who has just lost her best friend, Ana, to gang violence. Ana and Kata, inseparable since fourth grade, are on their way home from winning another underground dance competition, when Ana reveals she is pregnant. Although Ana is worried about her mother's reaction, both girls know this is good news--now she can finally "face out" and escape the gang life in which the two have become hopelessly entangled. Moments later, Ana is killed in a drive-by shooting, and Kata must cope with the loss of her other half ("it took two of us to make one person"), as well as her helpless, alcoholic mother, her murderous hunger for revenge against Ana's killers, and her desire to leave gang life forever.

Lynne Ewing, author of Drive-By, an ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, spins a harrowing, captivating tale with Party Girl, which paints a clear picture of gang life with lovely, mesmerizing prose. Ewing's sense of drama is exquisite, and the realism is enhanced by her incorporation of Spanish, Quechua, and gang lingo into the dialogue. As readers live through Ana's struggles, they may be inspired to think more deeply about what lies beneath the tough exteriors of hardened gang members. For example, consider Ana's haunting recollection: "Sometimes when I was a little girl, I would play with my mother's hand, pretending her hand was a doll. She'd let me hold the hand, kiss the fingers, cuddle the arm while she drank her beers and smoked with her free hand and talked to dark men." While the ending may feel a bit too tidy for cynics, the final message of hope is a welcome relief after this grim, eye-opening walk on the wild side. (Ages 12-16) --Brangien Davis

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The room smells of sweat, smoke, beer, and longing.

The music pulses, the lights flash, and Kata and Ana dance. For a moment the raucous crowd is tamed, and together the two girls soar above their lives. but then the deafening applause sends the dancers crashing down to earth, back to the gang wars, the gunfire, and the only way of life they know.

In a neighborhood consumed by violence, every day may be a gang member's last. And sometimes the only life you can hope to save is your own.

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Great Book.......2006-09-18

This is a great book. It gives you a look at how gang life really is, and how hard it is to escape the life. I really enjoyed reading it, but i didn't like the ending, you'll see why when or if you read it. Out of all these types of books i still recomind Go Ask Alice....

Party Girl by Lynne Ewing.......2006-03-13

Party Girl was a story about two very young girls named Kata and Ana. Kata and Ana came from two different families. Kata lived with her mother who was always drunk messing around with different men. Ana lived with an over protective family very
different from Kata's. Kata and Ana went to the same school and lived in the same violent dangerous "ghetto".
Kata and Ana went to the parties every night. These young girls were well known because they danced on stage to get everyone's attention. Dancing was the only thing that would get their minds out of the hood they lived in. The girls only learned to live this type of life and eventually had to learn to deal with nasty comments from other people such as "you got no future. No future on your face. None at all." They didn't pay any mind to those comments, they just enjoyed every night like it was their last. Unfortunately, Kata's happiness ends the day that Ana confesses that she is pregnant. This also is the night in which Kata loses Ana and learns to face life and the damages of her neighborhood without her best friend.
Personally, I can relate to kata because I live in a neighborhood filled with violence and drugs. In life I've also lost very close friends and families members. i can also relate to Ana not only because of the type of neighborhood i live in, but also because i have parents that protect me a lot like hers.
I really recommend this book. If you're a teenager who would like to know how hard it is to live in a dangerous area with no choice other then to either hope yo stay alive or just die, then this book is for you. I would also recommend this book to parents so they can get a better idea of what teenagers go through everyday and the choice they will have to make in life.

Party Girl.......2006-01-18

Being a mom of three children i read many books like this one. Although most of them are true stories and journals. I have to say that this is a good read, i read the whole book in one day, it was one that i didn't want to put down. This is a story about two girls that grow up together and are jumped into a gang and how it changes their lives.

Party Girl.......2005-11-05

Two Dancers Kata And Ana. Experience Obsticles like Gangs,dancing,and violents. But the one thing they like most of all is dancing thier called outragious chaos or the oc. one night thier on thier way to the dance off when Ana tells Kata she id having a baby with her boyfriend Pocho. Kata is in shock. They finnaly reach the dance off. every one is screaming OC,OC,OC,OC Over and Over again. They get up onstage to perform wind blowing thier hair in thier face they dacnce like knowone has seen before. thier dance is finnaly over and the judges say the winners name OC Outragious chaos has won the dance off. The crowd goes wild.They claim thier prize and leave.But then something goes wrong Ana gets shot and killed.Kata is devastated
then Kata and Ana's Ex Boyfriend Pocho helps find her killer but when they do they shoot.And hit someone else.So Kata gives up on all the Gangs and Violents one night when she sees Ana's ghost by her window holding her new her baby boy.

!Best Book Ever!.......2005-10-25

Party Girl was one of the best books that I have read. I read this book when I was a junior in high school. This book is a very exiting book it has a lot of action. The book is about two gangster girls who have really messed up lives. Kata and Ana are best friends and they are both in the same gang. Ana lives with her mom and her sisters. Her family is a very attached family who always has financial problems. Ana's Mom is really exited because Ana is going to turn fifteen and her mom wants to make her a little party. What Ana's family doesn't know is that she is in a gang. Ana Feels very lonely and wants to die because she doesn't feel loved no matter that her family is so attached with each other. She even bought a dress that she wants to get berried in, but her mom thinks that it's a dress for prom. Ana gets pregnant from a guy from the opposite gang. Kata lives with her mom. Her mom is a lady who has a drinking problem. Every day when Kata gets home from school her mom has a different guy. Sometimes the guys would even try and take advantage of her so she would go with go with her gangster friends and kick it.
To escape away from all there problems Ana and Kata would dance. They would both go to parties where they both battled with other girls. One day after a party when they were walking back home Ana got shot at from a drive by shooting. Kata promised to get revenge over Ana'a death. Ana's mom never found out about Ana's other side nor that she was pregnant. People should really think about reading this book because it is a very very good book.

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Great reading
Great Antique Debut!
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A well-paced mystery novel set in a beautiful location

Dealing in Murder
Elaine Flinn
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ASIN: 0060545798
Release Date: 2003-10-28

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Elizabeth Porter was a top-of-the-lineManhattan antiques dealer until her ex-husband and his lover's flagrantly criminal scam left her reputation in tatters. Now, using a new name, Molly Doyle, she's starting over a continent away in a rundown antiques shop in cozy Carmel, California. Molly is determined to make the best of it. But the early antiques bird sometimes gets more than the worm, and one prompt arrival places her at a murder site with a corpse in her arms. After she turns up at a second seemingly unrelated death, the abrasive new police chief considers Molly the prime suspect. Now the only way to clear her name is for Molly to find her own path to a killer, which will leave her either exonerated ... or dead.

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Excellent plot, writing is a bit awkward.......2006-05-30

I really enjoyed the story Ms. Flinn presents in Dealing in Murder and I'd have given the book 3.5 stars if it were possible.

I had two problems reading this book. The first is that the writing is at times awkward, as if the author were unsure how to convey her point. There are some grammatical errors, but even those are not as troubling as the overall awkwardness.

The second problem I had is that I just didn't like one of her major characters. Chief Randall is supposed to be a bit hard edged, old fashioned and rough, but that doesn't begin to describe him. I know from various textual cues that I am *supposed* to like him, to find him in some way sympathetic, but I don't. Plus, he doesn't seem to be very good at his job. He makes numerous errors, which makes him both less credible and less likeable.

Great reading.......2006-05-23

A wonderful mystery with just a touch of romance. Molly starts her life over in Carmel California after her divorce and a scandal in New York. With the help of a family friend she takes over a run down antique store. There are a lot of great secondary characters in this book. Some I am sorry will not be returning in the next book. I cant wait to see what happens between Randall and Molly. Definitely looking forward to the next Molly Doyle mystery.

Great Antique Debut!.......2006-04-08

In the 1st book in the Molly Doyle mystery series, Elaine Flinn introduces us to Molly Doyle, antiques dealer. Previously known as Elizabeth Porter in New York, Molly changes her name and starts a new life in Carmel, California. Running away from a scandal in the tight knit antiques business, Molly decides to lay low for awhile and save money to open her own shop in New Orleans. All of this seemed like a good plan until a dying woman stumbles into her arms and wraps Molly up in murder and antique [...]. A couple of murders follow, and Molly works closely with the police to stop the murderer in his/her tracks.

This was a great introduction to the series! Molly is sassy, smart, and full of information on antiques. Different than many of the cozies on the market (Molly does smoke, drink, and swear), it has an interesting premise and a great host of characters. They all seem real, and have real emotions and everyday concerns. I will definitely pick up future books in the series. Enjoy!

Great Series.......2005-11-26

I didn't expect to like this book as much as I did, because I didn't see how the antique business would hold my attention. I was pleasantly surprised.

The characters were fairly realistic and likeable and the writing style was good. As a smoker, though, even I was a bit surprised at how much emphasis was put on the characters and their smoking. It was nice for a change not to read the typical anti-smoking BS, but the author should've toned it down a bit because it started to overpower the story.

The only thing that kept me from giving it 5 stars was that I found a lot of errors -- spelling, grammar and consistency (several times, characters were referred to by the wrong name). Otherwise, I look forward to reading the next installment.

A well-paced mystery novel set in a beautiful location.......2005-05-31

Elaine Flinn's book, Dealing in Murder, is a "Molly Doyle Mystery." The book cover says that Flinn is at work on the next book in the series, and I will look forward to reading it. Dealing in Murder is a well-paced mystery novel with plot turns to keep the pages turning. The book is mostly written in the brash, no-nonsense voice of Molly Doyle, an interesting character for whom I found myself rooting as she establishes a new life for herself, with the details of her past lurking. Also intriguing is the interaction between Molly and the police chief. The book has many other, shall I say, colorful characters, and is set in a beautiful location. Flinn's descriptions of the setting - Carmel, California - and her knowledge of the world of antique dealers give the book a realistic air and allow the reader to escape into Molly's world, as she tries to solve a murder for which she is the prime suspect. -- Kelly

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Confusing, bewildering, and intense
Monster
Monster
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Monster
Walter Dean Myers
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ASIN: 0060280786

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"Monster" is what the prosecutor called 16-year-old Steve Harmon for his supposed role in the fatal shooting of a convenience-store owner. But was Steve really the lookout who gave the "all clear" to the murderer, or was he just in the wrong place at the wrong time? In this innovative novel by Walter Dean Myers, the reader becomes both juror and witness during the trial of Steve's life. To calm his nerves as he sits in the courtroom, aspiring filmmaker Steve chronicles the proceedings in movie script format. Interspersed throughout his screenplay are journal writings that provide insight into Steve's life before the murder and his feelings about being held in prison during the trial. "They take away your shoelaces and your belt so you can't kill yourself no matter how bad it is. I guess making you live is part of the punishment."

Myers, known for the inner-city classic Motown and Didi (first published in 1984), proves with Monster that he has kept up with both the struggles and the lingo of today's teens. Steve is an adolescent caught up in the violent circumstances of an adult world--a situation most teens can relate to on some level. Readers will no doubt be attracted to the novel's handwriting-style typeface, emphasis on dialogue, and fast-paced courtroom action. By weaving together Steve's journal entries and his script, Myers has given the first-person voice a new twist and added yet another worthy volume to his already admirable body of work. (Ages 12 and older) --Jennifer Hubert

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Sometimes I feel like I have walked into the middle of a movie. Maybe I can make my own movie. The film will be the story of my life. No, not my life, but of this experience. I'll call it what the lady who is the prosecutor called me. MONSTER.

FADE IN: INTERIOR COURT. A guard sits at a desk behind Steve. Kathy O'Brien, Steve's lawyer, is all business as she talks to Steve.

O'BRIEN
Let me make sure you understand what's going on. Both you and this king character are on trial for felony murder. Felony Murder is as serious as it gets. . . . When you're in court, you sit there and pay attetion. You let the jury know that you think the case is a serious as they do. . . .

STEVE
You think we're going to win ?

O'BRIEN (seriously)
It probably depends on what you mean by "win."

Sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon is on trial for murder. A Harlem drugstore owner was shot and killed in his store, and the word is that Steve served as the lookout.

Guilty or innocent, Steve becomes a pawn in the hands of "the system," cluttered with cynical authority figures and unscrupulous inmates, who will turn in anyone to shorten their own sentences. For the first time, Steve is forced to think about who he is as he faces prison, where he may spend all the tomorrows of his life.

As a way of coping with the horrific events that entangle him, Steve, an amateur filmmaker, decides to transcribe his trial into a script, just like in the movies. He writes it all down, scene by scene, the story of how his whole life was turned around in an instant. But despite his efforts, reality is blurred and his vision obscured until he can no longer tell who he is or what is the truth. This compelling novel is Walter Dean Myers's writing at its best.

2000 Coretta Scott King Honor Book, 2000 Michael L. Printz Award, 1999 National Book Award Finalist, 01 Heartland Award for Excellence in YA Lit Finalist, 00-01 Tayshas High School Reading List, and 00-01 Black-Eyed Susan Award Masterlist

2000 Best Books for Young Adults (ALA), Hornbook Fanfare 2000, Michael L. Printz Award 2000, 2000 Coretta Scott King Award Author Honor Book, 2000 Quick Picks for Young Adults (Recomm. Books for Reluctant Young Readers), and 2000 Best Books for Young Adults (ALA)

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Right On!.......2007-10-08

I loved the format of this book! What a great way to really get inside a character's head - Chris is into film making, so it makes perfect sense to cast his story, plan his camera angles and set the scene with voiceovers. The diary effect in between chapters, the description of the "set," both in jail and in the courthouse - all of these combined for a dramatic, suspenseful screenplay.
I learned a lot about urban life in the neighborhood from this book, too. I would like to believe that gangs do not initiate, or store owners are safe, or that drugs are hard to come by for low income individuals, but none of that is true. Monster shows that gangs, burglary and drugs are part of everyday life for street kids.

Confusing, bewildering, and intense.......2007-06-26

One would think that these aspects make "Monster" a bad book. But they don't. They're what make "Monster" an original, heart-moving, emotional book. The style makes it stand out, once you remember the characters and what the little comments mean. A movie-script format? It's not dumb - it's interesting, original, and gets everything across.

"Monster", as you've probably seen, is about a teenage boy on trial for armed robbery and possibly second-degree murder. Throughout the book (which is almost always set in the trial, though occasionally we get flashbacks, and every once in a while we get a moment of Steve writing down his thoughts), Steve insists that he's innocent. Throughout the book, though, we don't really find out. The ending leaves the reader mystified and asking themselves so many questions.

Perhaps that's what sent other readers packing. On the other hand, what fun is a story if it doesn't make you think? "Monster" certainly made me think. I sat down and thought about the jury, about the lawyers, about the witnesses. I sat down and thought about the judge and other accused. I thought about if I was on the jury and had had this evidence placed before me, what would I pick? This book made me THINK.

It's an intense read. It's realistic, powerful, and emotional. I found myself crying during moments Steve was. I felt so connected to him, even though most of what we know is through speech and dialogue. I was drawn into this book so well.

This is a great read and a great buy. I highly recommend it.

Monster .......2007-06-06

Steve Harmon is on trial, and in jail for murder. Steve is only 16. Steve begins to realize the facts of the trial are very unbalenced.He also wonders, "Maybe the reason I'm is on trial is because of my rase." This book is a combination of Steve's journal entrees and a play written by Steve. This is a wonderful deep book that I enjoyed immensely! It descries Harlem and the raceisum Steve encounters. I recommend this book to anyone who wants to know more about the real issues in the world.

Monster.......2007-06-06

Nichelle Ennis
Title: Monster
Author: Walter Dean Myers
Harper Collins publisher Inc.
Copyright 1999
Pages: 281

The wrong place at the wrong time could change your life. Steve Harmon is a sixteen year old African male in the violent streets of Harlem, New York. A clerk is dead, gunned down by robbers. All the judge needs is eyes and evidence, and Steve does twenty 4five to life.

All the parts in this book are pretty good, because it leads up to the end, which is the best part, to see if Steve is guilty or not. It's crazy, because your heart starts racing, like you have to be careful what you read, like words are important at that point of the book.

This book is really about adapting to change, pressure, and experience you shouldn't be experiencing until about twenty five years old. This is how a sixteen year old saw another side of his world.

I like different, and this book has that unique. It's good because in the end everything comes together. Flashbacks are involved to make you think. In my opinion everybody would like this book, I mean everybody, from jailbirds to grandparents. I wouldn't change anything about this book.

my review for monster.......2007-06-05

monster is about a sixteen yearold boy who is in jail because he is thought to be in a murder at a store. this author writes this book like a typewritting person in court. the boys name is steven. steven writes his life in jail and his life while he's in court. in this book it has many many different characters so you have to make up many voices for those characters. if you like books like with people in court and need to make many different voices and if you like murder mysteries this book is perfect for you. this book has twists and turns in it. the main characters are steven,king,bobo,the lawyers,and the judge. stevens life story is called monster just like the books title.

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Dirty Dealing (Dirty Dealing CL)
Gary Cartwright
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The Sweet Ride

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Dealing in Murder
Elaine Flinn
Manufacturer: Avon
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ASIN: B000OF4R3C

The True Story of the Hart-Meservey Murder Trial In which light is thrown upon dark deeds, incompetency, and perfidy; and crime fastened upon those whose position, if not manhood, should have commanded honest dealing

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The True Story of the Hart-Meservey Murder Trial In which light is thrown upon dark deeds, incompetency, and perfidy; and crime fastened upon those whose position, if not manhood, should have commanded honest dealing
Alvin R. Dunton
Manufacturer: Boston: Alvin R. Dunton
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000VQ4GTE

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The True Story of the Hart-Meservey Murder Trial, in which Light is Thrown Upon Dark Deeds, Incompetency, and Perfidy; and Crime Fastened Upon Those Whose Position, If Not Manhood, Should Have Commanded Honest Dealings.
Alvin R. Dunton
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Great Antique Debut!

Dealing In Murder
Elaine Finn
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ASIN: 1574906135

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Great Antique Debut!.......2006-05-20

In the 1st book in the Molly Doyle mystery series, Elaine Flinn introduces us to Molly Doyle, antiques dealer. Previously known as Elizabeth Porter in New York, Molly changes her name and starts a new life in Carmel, California. Running away from a scandal in the tight knit antiques business, Molly decides to lay low for awhile and save money to open her own shop in New Orleans. All of this seemed like a good plan until a dying woman stumbles into her arms and wraps Molly up in murder and antique mayhem. A couple of murders follow, and Molly works closely with the police to stop the murderer in his/her tracks.

This was a great introduction to the series! Molly is sassy, smart, and full of information on antiques. Different than many of the cozies on the market (Molly does smoke, drink, and swear), it has an interesting premise and a great host of characters. They all seem real, and have real emotions and everyday concerns. I will definitely pick up future books in the series.

Enjoy!

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