Girls From da Hood 8

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  • Urban
  • Books'
  • popular
  • Girls
  • From
  • da
  • Hood
  • series
  • is
  • back,
  • bringing
  • readers
  • more
  • dramatic
  • tales
  • about
  • the
  • lives
  • of
  • some
  • tough,
  • resourceful
  • women
  • who
  • can
  • hold
  • their
  • own
  • when
  • things
  • get
  • rough
  • on
  • the
  • streets.Gabby
  • Davenport
  • spent
  • the
  • first
  • fifteen
  • years
  • of
  • her
  • life
  • in
  • the
  • suburbs,
  • living
  • a
  • privileged
  • and
  • sheltered
  • existence.
  • When
  • her
  • mother
  • dies
  • unexpectedly,
  • she
  • is
  • forced
  • to
  • move
  • from
  • her
  • middle
  • class
  • neighborhood
  • into
  • Cumberland
  • Projects
  • in
  • Brooklyn.
  • Gabby's
  • life
  • will
  • never
  • be
  • the
  • same. Mika,
  • the
  • queen
  • bee
  • of
  • the
  • projects,
  • doesn't
  • appreciate
  • the
  • arrival
  • of
  • this
  • private-school
  • good
  • girl.
  • Mika
  • and
  • her
  • posse
  • are
  • on
  • a
  • mission
  • to
  • make
  • Gabby's
  • life
  • miserable,
  • and
  • things
  • only
  • get
  • worse
  • when
  • Mika's
  • "friend
  • with
  • benefits"
  • B-Waite
  • decides
  • he
  • wants
  • to
  • make
  • Gabby
  • his
  • girl.
  • Mika
  • is
  • ready
  • to
  • go
  • to
  • war
  • to
  • win
  • back
  • her
  • man,
  • and
  • she
  • doesn't
  • care
  • who
  • she
  • has
  • to
  • take
  • down
  • in
  • the
  • process.Keisha,
  • Shawna,
  • and
  • LaRhonda
  • are
  • best
  • friends
  • forever,
  • as
  • the
  • saying
  • goes.
  • Nothing
  • will
  • tear
  • apart
  • this
  • tight
  • trio—or
  • so
  • they
  • think. When
  • Keisha
  • steps
  • out
  • of
  • her
  • box
  • to
  • become
  • more
  • of
  • her
  • own
  • person,
  • tension
  • builds
  • among
  • the
  • girls.
  • In
  • the
  • eyes
  • of
  • her
  • trusted
  • friends,
  • her
  • lifestyle
  • has
  • become
  • questionable.
  • What
  • happens
  • when
  • her
  • secrets
  • and
  • desires
  • are
  • revealed? Shawna's
  • life
  • is
  • just
  • starting
  • to
  • look
  • up.
  • She's
  • been
  • hired
  • at
  • a
  • major
  • record
  • label,
  • and
  • she's
  • making
  • enough
  • money
  • to
  • move
  • out
  • of
  • the
  • projects
  • for
  • good.
  • When
  • her
  • good
  • news
  • is
  • met
  • by
  • fake
  • smiles,
  • Shawna
  • gets
  • a
  • new
  • perspective
  • on
  • how
  • her
  • girls
  • really
  • feel. LaRhonda
  • sees
  • each
  • of
  • her
  • friends
  • moving
  • up
  • while
  • she's
  • still
  • struggling
  • in
  • the
  • confines
  • of
  • the
  • ghetto.
  • After
  • she
  • gives
  • birth
  • to
  • her
  • second
  • child
  • by
  • the
  • age
  • of
  • eighteen,
  • she
  • feels
  • like
  • her
  • dreams
  • are
  • out
  • of
  • reach.
  • Her
  • growing
  • jealousy
  • isn't
  • easy
  • to
  • hide.
  • What
  • will
  • happen
  • when
  • her
  • misery
  • wants company?
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