Code

by Alexandra Powe-Allred

Thirteen-year-old Steven and his best friend Taylor join the neighborhood gang, the Jags, and find themselves questioning that decision after they witness a murder and aren't sure if they should report it to the police, for fear of breaking the code of the gang.Thirteen-year-old Steven and his best friend Taylor join the neighborhood gang, the Jags, and find themselves questioning that decision after they witness a murder and aren't sure if they should report it to the police, for fear of breaking the code of the gang.

167 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

aka: Alexandra Allred https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...

Reviews

[Da-jo'el · Rating 5 out of 5]

The is about a boy who is really smart. He is transferd to a new school to get a better education. Teachers love him and have respect for him. One problem is that he doent get to see his mother as much and he is kind of poor. To get money Steven joins a gang called Jags. But when they set him up, killed a person, disrespecting people property he wanted. but Ripper the leader woudnt let him so he was stuck. He refuse hang with them and was focuswd on other things. His mom found and she gather the whole to fight back for the sreets. Steven on the other hand had no part of it. He wrote about evrything that the jags did and some one found out. He was rewared with 10,000 and put the gang in jail. When there put in jail they open a reconsrtction site were kids could gs and stay off the streets

[Alexandra Allred · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was up for a Coretta Scott King Award until it was learned that the author is white. This is unfortunate because this is a great story about family, education, and the trials of a brave, smart boy in the inner city! A great read for young readers!

[Robert · Rating 4 out of 5]

its a good book for people who like action and gang related stuff

[Stacey Mayfield · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thought this book was wonderful. While reading it, I had my eyes opened to things that most people would like to forget. I highly recommend it to anyone, kid or adult.