Durango Street

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Summary: Gangs
Review: Durango Street by Frank Bonham is an enjoyable book that has to do with gangs and violence. It is a short and simple book. It also has a lot of action, so it is easy to read. Personally, once I started reading Durango Street I could not put it down because of the fact that it was jam-packed with action. I especially like the character Rufus Henry who is the star of the novel. He is a jovial yet serious character. He entertains himself and still does what has to be done. In Durango Street, Rufus the protagonist leads his gang against the gang led by Simon Jones, the antagonist. Both rival gangs are always having street battles until Alex Robbins steps in. He tries to break up the moors, which is the name of Rufus' gang. Now Rufus has another battle to fight. I think the youth of America would enjoy this book deeply and can relate to the characters of the book. They can relate to the characters more than anyone else can because, unfortunately, teenagers join gangs more than any other age group. Another reason the young audience would like to read this book is because it is a short and simple book to read. Most teenagers like books like this. The last reason I think the young audience would like this book is because it has a lot of action.

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Summary: GREAT BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: Durango Street is a story about about a boy named Rufus facing gang and life struggles. Rufus Henry is a boy with a lot of potential, but he has gotten himself into the wrong place with the wrong people. The book starts out with Rufus in work camp after being charged with grand theft auto. But when he is released from camp, there is only one place for him to go, back to Durango Street. Immediately after Rufus arrives at his home he runs into trouble with the gang called the Gassers. Before long the Gassers are after him and Rufus finds he has no chioce but to join the gang the Moors. With the Moors behind him, Rufus is staying alive and safe for a while. But when the Gassers catch up with the Moors, trouble and "war" breaks out. Rufus learns that this lifestyle is not the way to live his life, and does his best to end the "war". He faces many life and death situations, but he always seems to come out clean. Rufus learned a lot from this experience and eventually understands that his life is not a dead end, but a life with a great future. THIS BOOK is AWESOME!

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Summary: Durango Street by Andrew
Review: Durango Street is a teen novel that a lot of kids should read because it teaches you what not to do during your teen years. Frank Bonham wrote a novel about Rufus Hennry. Rufus was a teen that was brought to a work camp for grand theft auto and when he gets out, his parole officer tells him that he can't join any gangs or else he will have to go back to work camp, but he does.
Rufus attitude changed based on who he is with; this sometimes causes him to make unwise and thoughtless choices, such as rejoining a gang. There are many examples of unwise decisions Rufus makes, such as joining gangs and hurting people. Both of those decisions affect his parole officer and his family. He also steals from stores and lies too much. These actions affect his parole officer and his family.
I liked Durango Street because there was a lot of fighting and adventure. It also left you thinking about what was going to happen in the next chapter. I think most teens would like this book because of all the adventure that happens. I recommend this book to most teens. It's a great book and I really liked it.

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Summary: Frank describes reality in the projects.
Review: Frank Bonham's Durango Street is genious. A serious issue is turned into funny and positive. The story is about a young man named Rufus who comes out of a prison camp after being arrested for gang violence and car auto theft, and finds out that his family has moved to a different area or like Frank describes as "Hood". Rufus is then pressured excessively by his parole officer and his family to stay out of gangs. But what does a young man have to do to be protected from other gangs that try to kill him for just walking to the corner store? Find out and read!

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Summary: Durango Street
Review: Have you ever been so scared of where you lived? Well that is how Rufus Henry and his family felt. Durango Street sounded like a realistic fiction book. It is a story about a teenager named Rufus Henry who spent time in work camp for grand theft auto. His troubles begin when he is released. All he wants to do is keep a steady job and obey the laws. He finds the difficult because of all the crime and gang activity going on around his neighborhood.

If I had to rate this book from 1 to 10 I would probably give it a 9 because I really enjoyed reading this book, and I liked these characters. This book is probably for a 14 year-old boy or girl. You would have to like a serious type of book, because the book has a really good plot. The book kept my interest although there were some parts that were sloe and boring, because the author was to non-specific with the characters. Durango Street was not hard to concentrate because the story could really happen to kids our ages. I did not really connect to the characters because they did not match me that good, but I liked them. I really enjoyed reading this book because I enjoy reading these types of books.

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Summary: Durango Street
Review: I believe the book Durango Street by Frank Bonham was interesting because it could be a real life situation or something that could happen in real life.I felt like everything was believable;the people and the setting.The main character(Rufus Henry)was in a situation where he tried to stay out of trouble.One night he had ran into a gang called the Grassers,and he had no choice but to join a gang.He joins a gang with an old friend from Pine Valley Camp,called The Moors,but his parole officer told him not tojoin a gang.I think teen readers can relate to Rufus alot because he was a boy that was in trouble then tried to do the right thing,then ended back in trouble.I think that both males and females could read this book between the ages of 13 to 17.

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Summary: This book is great
Review: I found this book to be a very fast read. I read it all in one night. The author is pure genious! I mean, he depicted the gang life soo incredibly well in this novel.

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Summary: durango street
Review: My book is called durango street and what i liked about the book is when the parole officer is trying to help the boy straightened his life around by holding a steady job and obeying his parole officer and oneday he might have a chance of getting out of pine valley honor camp and get along with his life. the only way he can do that is if he have a group or gang to backed him if he ever get chased by the gassers. the stuff that i didnt liked about the book is allthe shooting and get in trouble with the cop.

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Summary: Incredible book, well written.
Review: This book had a lot of action, suspense, and drama. I thought it was a high quality book and i would recommend it to anyone who enjoys gang stories or action books. Durango Street kept u on the edge of the seat and would not let you put the book down.

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Summary: THE BEST BOOK EVER!
Review: wassup yall..dis book is da best book i read..iz da only book i read in ma life but da author did a very very very good job writin it..the first couple of pages aint all dat but da story..iz da best..iz bout dis kid named Rufus who joins dis gang called Moors...day a koo gang..lol aight i gosta go now PPPEAce