Hood Rat

Hood Rat
Author: K'wan
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2006-10-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780312360085

Hood Rat (n.): A woman of questionable repute, one who has been known to "get around" in the 'hood. Harlem has never seen four friends as scandalous as Yoshi, Billy, Reese, and Rhonda. The neighborhood will never be the same again.

Hood Rat

Hood Rat
Author: Gavin Knight
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Total Pages: 251
Release: 2011-07-01
Genre: True Crime
ISBN: 144720400X

BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2012 SHORTLISTED FOR THE CRIME WRITERS ASSOCIATION NON-FICTION DAGGER AWARD ‘THE MOST IMPORTANT CRIME STORY OF THE DECADE’ Scottish Mail Manchester. London. Glasgow. In the summer of 2011 violence erupted in our inner cities and many blamed gang culture. But is the truth so simple? Hood Rat tells the human stories that the media miss: of young men who have fallen through the system, and of one young woman with a vision for change. ‘Unflinching. It penetrates environments that most of us only ever glimpse’ Observer ‘Impressive. Knight uncovers the sort of stories that never make the news’ Scotsman ‘This British sensation is a must. Disturbingly compelling’ Marie Claire ‘A gripping novelistic immersion in the lives of young criminals’ Louis Theroux ‘The British Wire’ BBC Radio 5 Live

Hood Rats

Hood Rats
Author: E. R. McNair
Publisher: Vickie Stringer Publications
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780979951787

Experience life in the hood through the eyes of four friends, known around the way as The Hood Rats. As the girls go through the ups and downs of friendship and life on the streets, youll be taken on a roller coaster ride of love, heartache and pain. When tragedy strikes the group, the bond of friendship is tested and easily broken by lies, deceit and betrayal. Open your mind, and see that sometimes a Hood Rat is just a girl trying to live her life the best she can with what she has. You cant judge a book by the cover, but is there more to a Hood Rat than her reputation? You be the judge!

Eviction Notice

Eviction Notice
Author: K'wan
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2011-09-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1429984430

When three young friends, Porsha, Frankie and Sahara, decide to sublease an apartment from a mutual acquaintance, life becomes one big party for the girls. But the party comes to an abrupt end when they find out they've been fleeced for their money and an eviction notice is taped to their door. They have seventy-two hours to come up with the money or be tossed into the streets by the city marshals. Armed with various schemes, they set out to try and stop the eviction and find themselves caught in the crossfire of a bloody war between the Notorious Clark family and a new player in the game. Meanwhile the police are still searching for the killer known only as The Animal, while his former lover Gucci tries to put the pieces of her life back together. When all is said and done, all parties involved will discover something about Animal and his abduction that no one was prepared for. There goes the neighborhood, again!One of Library Journal's Best Street Lit Books of 2011

Through The Eyes Of A Hoodrat

Through The Eyes Of A Hoodrat
Author: Shontaiye
Publisher: Uptown Books
Total Pages: 240
Release:
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

MEET THE ULTIMATE HOODRAT Sierra is a trifling hoe that cares only for herself despite the fact that she has three children who depend on her. Sucking, fucking, scheming, and living off of her children consume her life as she attempts to skate through life for free. When a scheme goes wrong and things come to a screeching halt, Sierra soon learns that every bridge she’s crossed has burned and no one is coming to her rescue. Walk with us, talk with us, and see things, through the eyes of a Hoodrat. Hoodrat- A female that exhibits trifling behavior and partakes in scandalous activity.

No Shade: A Hood Rat Novel

No Shade: A Hood Rat Novel
Author: K'wan
Publisher: Write 2 Eat Concepts, LLC
Total Pages: 342
Release: 2015-06-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

No Shade: No offense (as defined by the Urban Dictionary). Ex: “Don’t tell her I told you, but your little cousin is a ho, no Shade.” Every little girl dreams of a happy ending to their stories; a home, children and a man who loves her enough to share his life and last name. When Billy’s longtime boyfriend Marcus finally pops the question, it’s one of the happiest moments of her life. To stand with her on her special day, Billy calls on her childhood friends Reese and Yoshi. Several years passing since they’d last all come together, and some unresolved issues have driven a wedge between the girls, but they agree to put their difference aside for the sake of Billy’s wedding. The truce is a short one when Billy has to decide on a Maid of Honor and both her friends expect the position to fall to them. Just when things seem to be coming together they quickly begin to fall apart, and at a time when Billy is supposed to be basking in the sunshine of her approaching wedding she finds herself the target of shade being thrown from the most unlikely places. While Billy is going through her drama, Marcus is dealing with issues of his own. An old crime partner of his blows into town unexpectedly and his presence threatens to destroy the legitimate life Marcus has worked so hard to build. Even with the universe seemingly working against them, Billy and Marcus are determined to have their dream wedding, but first they have to survive the nightmare of planning it. There goes the neighborhood...again.

Hood Rat Chick

Hood Rat Chick
Author: Toni Michelle
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008-04
Genre: African American women
ISBN: 9781605633855

Hood Rat Chick is about the adversities Dion Little has faced. She was raised in an impoverished environment by an older sister and an uncle. It is a story filled with violence, heartache, love, and redemption. Dion matures from a confused child into a woman who receives understanding that allows her to face her future in a clear light. A diamond goes through many processes before its true beauty is revealed. You canat see that light if you constantly live in darkness. With God, all things are possible. Dion was introduced to that light through her times of tragedy and hardship. Written in a hip-hop flava, the author embraces the lives of the characters to show the world that there is a diamond within all of us.

Little Red Rhyming Hood

Little Red Rhyming Hood
Author: Sue Fliess
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2019-10-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0807545996

Can a bully become a friend? Because Little Red only speaks in verse, it's tough for her to make friends. The schoolyard bully, Big Brad Wolf, is always picking on her. One day, her grandma shows her a flyer for a poetry contest, and Little Red thinks it could be her big chance to make a friend. But on the day of the contest, Big Brad Wolf sneaks up on Little Red and scares the rhyme right out of her—and into him! How will they rhyme their way out of this dilemma?

Hood River Rat

Hood River Rat
Author: K Webster
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020-04-23
Genre: Man-woman relationships
ISBN:

From USA Today bestselling author K Webster comes a MM high school bully romance called Hood River Rat! Hood River was supposed to be the change I needed.A fresh start.An escape from my painful past.Better in every way. I'm a popular guy. Approachable. I make friends easily.Cool car. Nice clothes. Good attitude. Everything will be fine. School is school. I'll keep my head down until graduation and try not to stick out.College will be here before I know it. Yet my first day proves to be anything but easy.The Hood River Hoodlums-our school's most notorious group of bad boys-have put a target on my back.Their leader, Roan, hates me.He calls me Rat.To him and his friends, I'm a loser who doesn't belong at their school.I could pretend I don't care about their hate.If only Roan wasn't so hot.He's mean, cruel, and sexy as hell.My nemesis is impossible to ignore...and a secret part of me doesn't want to. Here I thought being gay was the worst of my problems.Turns out, being gay and crushing on your enemy takes the cake. This is a full-length high school enemies-to-lovers and new adult romance with high angst, suspense, and gutting emotion. It's book one in the Hood River Hoodlum series that will have interlinking storylines. Hood River Rat can be read as a standalone and starts off a four-book planned series that gives each Hoodlum a book. This is the only MM story. The others are MF.

Monster in the Hood

Monster in the Hood
Author: Steve Antony
Publisher: Oxford University Press - Children
Total Pages: 31
Release: 2016-06-02
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0192739808

A monster book with a twist! Sammy Squirrel, Henri Hedgehog, and Marvin Mouse have heard all about the MONSTER IN THE HOOD. He's GRUMBLY. And RUMBLY. And frighteningly HUNGRY! But are things always what they seem? With lots of suspense and build up with every single page turn, this is a witty cautionary tale with a thrilling twist at the end, from the award-winning creator of The Queen's Hat, Please Mr Panda and Betty Goes Bananas.