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Lädt ... Innercity Girl Like Mevon Sabrina Bernardo
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After being abused by her uncle, G Child goes to live with her grandmother in the Central downtown area of Winnipeg. There, she is surrounded by kids who roam the apartment blocks, smoking and drinking and doing drugs. she meets Jessica and Gina, who become her best friends, and gets to know Gina's older brother, Roland, founder of the Central outfit of the Diablos gang. As a young teen she is initiated into the Diablos and starts joining their campaign against the rival gang, the street Ryders (so named because they make their money pimping out girls). embracing the solidarity of gang membership, G Child feels loved and part of a family. But the stakes rise when the street Ryders kill a friend, and as G Child gets in deeper, moving in with her fellow gang girlfriends and selling crack to make money, she finds herself questioning her lifestyle. When someone she trusts reveals a dark, abusive streak, G Child knows it's time to get out. But can she escape gang life before it kills her? A compelling read based on real-life experience, Innercity Girl Like Me is a brutally authentic look at gang life in Canada. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Innercity Girl Like Me is a frightening, fascinating look at gang life in Canada.
Set in Winnipeg, Manitoba it tells the tale of Maria who survives her gang initiation - being beat on by four people for five minutes and not crying - and becomes know as G Child of the Diablos. At the age of thirteen.
This is a gritty look at the desperate, dangerous world of 'thugs'. At nine and ten years old, they are hero worshipping the older members, wanting to be just like them. Poverty, all types of abuse, poor parental relationships and above all, a need to belong seem to drive many young people to this life.
G Child becomes immersed in a world of drugs, alcohol and danger, where loyalty to your colours supersedes all else.
The shooting death of a friend at fifteen triggers some doubt - but not enough to leave the life.
"I didn't think it was going to be the last time I'd see him. It's almost like, I don't know how to put it, a waste of a life."
She progresses to dealing drugs and a rift develops in the gang. The focus changes for some, but not all.
"It isn't about representing the Diablos anymore. It's about filling your pockets, right?"
Life for G Child and her gang seems to spiral out of control, leading to a final drastic conflict.
Althought this book is marketed as fiction, it reads more like a biography. Bernardo herself was never in a gang, but associated with one in Winnipeg. She has witnessed what she writes about. This is a young adult novel, definitely meant for those 14+, but adults will certainly gain much out of reading it - perhaps with their teen.