free read [pdf] Jacob's Ghetto: You're not the product of your environment

COPY LINK : https://site.bookcenterapp.com/1732563527 Book Synopsis : A young artistic African American boy sets his sights on winning a lucrative writing competition in hopes of escaping the ghetto he never wanted to call home.Jacob, a bright 10-year-old African American boy with exceptional writing ability, seems to have a promising academic future ahead of him. But living on the south-side of Chicago, life at home is nothing but. He is living in a drug-infested community with a residence overrun with roaches that should be condemned. With an addict for a mother, who&#8217s in a self-induced comatose state most of the time, he&#8217s not in a situation that he can easily test out of.&nbspNow of age where the gangs start to take notice, Jacob and his best friend Kenny have a brief run-in with Ja&#8217heve. He is a brazen individual and second in command to a vicious gang known as &#8220The Circle.&#8221 During the encounter, Ja&#8217heve feels disrespected by Jacob&#8217s refusal to join he becomes furious and jealous of him and his intellect. He knows Jacob has the smarts to make it out of their hell hole of a neighborhood and vows not to let that happen. One morning while takin COPY LINK : https://site.bookcenterapp.com/1732563527

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A young artistic African American boy sets his sights on winning a lucrative writing competition in hopes of escaping the ghetto he never wanted to call home.Jacob, a bright 10-year-old African American boy with exceptional writing ability, seems to have a promising academic future ahead of him. But living on the south-side of Chicago, life at home is nothing but. He is living in a drug-infested community with a residence overrun with roaches that should be condemned. With an addict for a mother, who&#8217s in a self-induced comatose state most of the time, he&#8217s not in a situation that he can easily test out of.&nbspNow of age where the gangs start to take notice, Jacob and his best friend Kenny have a brief run-in with Ja&#8217heve. He is a brazen individual and second in command to a vicious gang known as &#8220The Circle.&#8221 During the encounter, Ja&#8217heve feels disrespected by Jacob&#8217s refusal to join he becomes furious and jealous of him and his intellect. He knows Jacob has the smarts to make it out of their hell hole of a neighborhood and vows not to let that happen. One morning while takin

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Description :A young artistic African American boy sets his sights onwinning a lucrative writing competition in hopes of escapingthe ghetto he never wanted to call home.Jacob, a bright 10-year-old African American boy with exceptional writing ability,seems to have a promising academic future ahead of him. Butliving on the south-side of Chicago, life at home is nothing but.He is living in a drug-infested community with a residenceoverrun with roaches that should be condemned. With anaddict for a mother, who&#8217sin a self-induced comatosestate most of the time, he&#8217snot in a situation that he caneasily test out of.&nbspNowof age where the gangs start totake notice, Jacob and his best friend Kenny have a brief runinwith Ja&#8217hee. He is a brazen individual and second incommand to a vicious gang known as&#8220ThCircle.&#8221During the encounter, Ja&#8217heefeels disrespected by Jacob&#8217srefusal to join hebecomes furious and jealous of him and his intellect. He knowsJacob has the smarts to make it out of their hell hole of aneighborhood and vows not to let that happen. One morningwhile taking the train, Kenny finds a folded-up form and handsit over to Jacob to read, being somewhat illiterate. It turns outto be an entry form for a writing contest with a handsome cashprize and book deal. Suddenly a light of hope pierces throughJacob like never before. No longer feeling abject, and withencouragement from Kenny, he believes that he can win thecontest and move he and his mother out of the ghetto and starta new life. &nbspBeig continuously pursued and harassed byJa&#8217hee, Jacob&#8217sdaily survival becomes a deadlygame of cat and mouse. He fears it&#8217sjust a matter of

time before his picture ends up on the nightly news like somany other slain black kids before him.&nbspJacob knows histime is short, but a chance is all he needs, and his will tosurvive is all he has.

Description :

A young artistic African American boy sets his sights on

winning a lucrative writing competition in hopes of escaping

the ghetto he never wanted to call home.Jacob, a bright 10-

year-old African American boy with exceptional writing ability,

seems to have a promising academic future ahead of him. But

living on the south-side of Chicago, life at home is nothing but.

He is living in a drug-infested community with a residence

overrun with roaches that should be condemned. With an

addict for a mother, who&#8217sin a self-induced comatose

state most of the time, he&#8217snot in a situation that he can

easily test out of.&nbspNowof age where the gangs start to

take notice, Jacob and his best friend Kenny have a brief runin

with Ja&#8217hee. He is a brazen individual and second in

command to a vicious gang known as

&#8220ThCircle.&#8221During the encounter, Ja&#8217hee

feels disrespected by Jacob&#8217srefusal to join he

becomes furious and jealous of him and his intellect. He knows

Jacob has the smarts to make it out of their hell hole of a

neighborhood and vows not to let that happen. One morning

while taking the train, Kenny finds a folded-up form and hands

it over to Jacob to read, being somewhat illiterate. It turns out

to be an entry form for a writing contest with a handsome cash

prize and book deal. Suddenly a light of hope pierces through

Jacob like never before. No longer feeling abject, and with

encouragement from Kenny, he believes that he can win the

contest and move he and his mother out of the ghetto and start

a new life. &nbspBeig continuously pursued and harassed by

Ja&#8217hee, Jacob&#8217sdaily survival becomes a deadly

game of cat and mouse. He fears it&#8217sjust a matter of

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