Gain Access The Scholar: A West-Side Story Narrated By Courttia Newland In Manuscript

good story, conveys London lifestyle very well, I was a little disappointed with the end and felt a little abrupt but the rest of the story is solid which I appreciate.
What age range would everyone think this is appropriate for I could relate to this book because of the similarities with my generation.
I found the language authentic and the themes relevant to the majority of youths both from past generations and current, Definitely a read to go back to! I am eager to reads the second installment of the tales of the Greenside estate.
When his dad dies under police arrest after a pub brawl, Cory goes to live with his cousin, Sean, By their late teens the cousins, though close, have chosen different paths, Sean is trying to improve his life through education, whereas Cory has already become involved in petty crime burglary and dealing E.
However, everything changes when Cory stabs a man called Roger after a rave, putting him in hospital, This has grave repercussions for Cory Roger was supposed to be taking part in an armed robbery with Levi, a notorious crack dealer.
Levi now expects Cory to take his place, But Cory breaks his leg during a football match and Sean, unable to find a replacement for his cousin, and desperate to help him, agrees to join in on the robbery himself.
However, having entered a world of apparently easy money and hard drugs, Sean finds it increasingly hard to return to his previous life

as The Scholar.
. . Courttia Newland is a British writer of Jamaican and Bajan heritage, .