Scorpions
by Walter Dean Myers | Grades 7-12 | Lexile 610
BAD TROUBLE Lately everybody's messing with Jamal. His teachers, the kids at school, even his dad. And now that Jamal's brother Randy's in the slam, Crazy Mack has a crazy idea. He wants Jamal to take control of the Scorpions and run crack. All that gang jive-Jamal has no use for it. Unless, like some say, it's the only way to cop the bread for Randy's appeal....