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Streets of Youth: a New Orleans Story    by Kevin Law
Price: $0.99 USD. 103160 words. Published on October 1, 2009. .

Take a walk through the lower echelons of New Orleans and hang out with a happily impoverished young writer. Visit unusual corners of human existence, share a drink. This unique book is the account of a young man's desire to experience the world in all its deviant beauty and how NOLA obliges with consummate strangeness. "Today I know how to recognize beauty." A. Rimbaud- A Season In Hell
Homeless    by Elsie Schmied Knoke
Price: $0.99 USD. 8930 words. Published by MindWings on November 8, 2009. .

Myrtle is still learning the ropes as a homeless person with the help of her new friend, Gladys. They barely manage to find enough to eat and their odds of surviving the winter are not good until they unexpectedly meet someone who offers a ray of hope. When he invites Myrtle and her friend into his home, where he lives with two other formerly homeless men.
ZipCodez 90002*90220 A Watts and Compton Tale    by Aleta Williams
Price: $1.77 USD. 28980 words. Published on May 6, 2011. .

Shocking and uncensored sequence of events in the life of Debo and Lana growing up in two of Southern California's most notorious neighborhoods, Watts and the city of Compton, sparks issues and raises controversy. Gang banging, abuse, criminal activity, incarceration and coming to know the love and salvation of God's mercy describe in the gritty language of urban America has raised some eyebrows.
Body Snatchers    by Roze' 
Price: $6.99 USD. 61550 words. Published on August 22, 2011. .

By day, twin brothers David and Jerry lead normal American lives. They’ve managed to escape their native land Haiti after robbing and brutally murdering the son of the infamous drug lord, Chico. They leave their family behind to chase the American dream. Major and King are the aliases that David and Jerry assume after forming the Body Snatchers. The first kidnapping is merely payback.
Sylvester    by John Brincefield
Price: $7.99 USD. 17730 words. Published on November 17, 2011. .

Explores the family life of Sylvester P. Goode in a story punctuated with scriptural footnotes. Sylvester and his parents are all doing their own thing, dealing with their own issues. He lives with a single mom who is sold out to her church while his long-departed dad has found religion and is preaching in Africa. When the story shifts to the future, Sylvester, his mom and dad are reunited.
Welcome to the Maze    by Charles Truth
Price: $6.99 USD. 64640 words. Published on January 8, 2012. .

Welcome to the Maze is the story of a young boy named Raekwon growing up in the city challenged by many obstacles and a lot of peer pressure. He learns a lot from his mistakes in his journey through life & eventually decides that he wants to become a better person