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Scorpions

by Walter Dean Myers

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Popularity 47

After reluctantly taking on the leadership of the Harlem gang, the Scorpions, Jamal finds that his enemies treat him with respect when he acquires a gun--until a tragedy occurs.

PandillasGangsJuvenile fictionFictionAfrican Americans in fictionAfronorteamericanosGangs in fictionFicciónAfrican AmericansNewbery HonorChildren's fictionHarlem (new york, n.y.), fiction