Born in the Streets, Raisded in Prison

By: Tra Verdejo


At the age of 12 Victor is drawn into the life of the streets after the death of his Brother Carlos. At a young age, most young boys would be playing video games, however, Victor was establishing himself as one of the most powerful leaders of a gang known as the Young Kingpins. Having lost both his father and mother to the drug world, Victor and his siblings soon move in with their abuella (grandmother). Unbeknownst to her, the children are abused and molested by a churchmate she employs to look after them while she's away at work. As if that things couldn't get any worster for them, Carlos was killed in a random act of senseless violence, then department of children services soon invades their household without just cause, separating Victor from his sisters by shipping them off to different foster care facility, after telling them that they would not be separated. Determined to protect the family he almost lost, Victor (Jefe) prizes loyalty above all else in all his dealings. As a result, he begins serving repeated bids in prison, where he gradually comes to a higher awareness of the true consequences of his activities, ultimately committing himself to changing the game and making things better.



Born in the Streets, Raised in Prison, is not your typical street literature, its tales of extreme violence, and drugs, unfortunately in the society that we're living in today, this is going on all over from the upper middle class to the lower class neighborhood as some people would classified as "The Hood". Reading this novel, was extremely hard for me, the reason for this, is because this is what I see on a daily basis, but it is not being publizied in the news. Young kids have to learn how to survive in these neighborhoods, where the parents are trying their best to keep their family together without the city getting involved. Tra Verdejo, is extremely talented & phenonmenal writer, he expresses himself thru this book very passionately. Tra takes thru this book, in such a way that it makes your skin tingles. I know that sounds a little off, but this is the world we're living in, young men and young ladies trying to survive and making their way thru a society that constantly tries to keep you down.


I guarntee this book will not disappoint you, would I recommend this book now... Yes, I would recommend this book to all readers, fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters even young adults. You will experience the tradegy, the hardship that young Victor went thru. This novel is indeed a WAKE UP call on many who truly believe that our children are our future! Tra Verdejo, has started his own publishing company called Street Scripture, he wants to provide a new outlook for authors to showcase their talent. I highly commend Tra Verdejo, to write such an amazing story, and be able to show the world that he is an amazing writer. I can't wait to read his next novel, when will that be, I'm not sure, hopefully soon..



Congrats on such a wonderful job with this book...



Ms. D


It will be posted up on both of my sites:

http://urbanhottnessbooks. net (new site)

and

http://urbanfirebooks. com