Gang Leader For A Day

ISBN-10: 014311493X
ISBN-13: 9780143114932
Author: Venkatesh, Sudhir Alladi
Interest Level: 11-12
Publisher: Penguin Random House

Publication Date: December 2008

Copyright: 0

Page Count: 320

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Interest Level

Grades 11-12

Reading Level

BISAC Subjects

Gangs; Illinois; Chicago

Gangs; Illinois; Chicago

Gangs; Illinois; Chicago

Description
Recounts the story of a young sociologist whose infiltration of a Chicago drug gang was originally introduced in the work "Freakonomics," describing the author's idealism, his friendship with gang leader JT, and his witness to the organization's crack-selling trade.