Jamal Hicks, the main character, is pressured to become leader of the Scorpions gang because his older brother who is 17 was the leader. His brother wanted someone to take that place while he was in jail because he held up a delicatessen and shot a person there. Jamal did it meant the Dwayne, a kid who picks on him, would not pick on him because he had a gun. Jamal gains a new level of respect from his enemies, but in a bad way. Jamal also worries about school, family, and the rough kids on the street. Finally, after all of this he learns that he has respect as anyone else.
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