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145th Street: Short Stories The way I see it, things happen on 145th Street that don't happen anywhere else in the world!

The book is a collection of ten different stories surrounding many chacracters. This book explains the harship the people are facing in Harlem. This book resembles a street in Jeresy City called Jackson Avenue. On Jackson Ave. the cops are frequetly arriving just like on 145th Street on the scence on a crime. At times the calls are gang related meaning that people are killing each other because they don't belong or they dont have a certain standard that should be meet by the ring leader. The characters introduced are Mother Fletcher, Big Joe, Peaches and her girls Squeezie, Monkeyman, and Benny, Kiity and Mack. The book relates to many different topices that we as teens go through in Jersey City. One main theme that stood out for me is that on 145th Street everyone is caring, respectful and helpful through the time some people need them the most. The book also gives the people a since of hope and stick together in the time of need.