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Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member

Pages: 400, Paperback, Grove Press

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From: Amazon Posted: Aug 11, 2007 Type: User Review Ought to be on a lot more reading lists!

Monster Kody Scott, leading gunman of the Eight Tray Gangstas, recounts his gory murders, robberies and exploits as a member of the notorious Crips. A sickening tide of violence visited this man's life in the span of a decade, from gunning down...
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From: Amazon Posted: Aug 02, 2007 Type: User Review a serial killers plee for sympathy

This book would be a much more interesting read if the author would have just presented his actions without trying to fake his deep moral feelings and such. The stories he relates of his life on the streets are of course interesting, giving you a...
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From: Amazon Posted: Apr 13, 2007 Type: User Review Tough

This book is tough! When I read this, I was living in a small town in the Northwest, with a low occurrence of violent crime and an obscenely high average education level (lot's of dishwashers with Master's degrees), but nonetheless, while reading...
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From: Amazon Posted: Mar 16, 2007 Type: User Review Who Cares

This book is all about some gang member who polluted LA.
There is nothing REAL about this and everything he does is stupid.
Smart people keep their noses clean and live in tough HOODS and have hard lives to live also.
They grow...
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From: Amazon Posted: Jan 27, 2007 Type: User Review not bad

Not a bad read but not a great read either. I found this book easy to read and not two deep.
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From: Amazon Posted: Jan 18, 2007 Type: User Review it is possiblew to turn yur life around

Monster spent most of his life being stereotyped by others for being associated with a gang at a young age. Sanyika Shakur explains that it is possible to turn your life around from a gang member to an award-winning author. I recommend this book...
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From: Amazon Posted: Jan 04, 2007 Type: User Review Great book

I read this book years ago and read it again a few years later. Even though this isn't my lifestyle, I could relate to everything as far as the environment and having grown up in Los Angeles. When I let someone borrow the book, I definitely had...
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From: Amazon Posted: Jan 04, 2007 Type: User Review ALL NIGHT ALL DAY CRIPPIN IS THE ONLY WAY

MONSTER KODY IS A LEGEND
THIS IS THE ENCYCLOPEDIA FOR CRIPS WORLDWIDE
FIND OUT HOW HE BECAME KNOWN AS "MONSTA"
IT DOESN'T GET ANY REALLA THAN THIS
THE LIFE
THE LEGEND
MONSTA KODY
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From: Amazon Posted: Dec 09, 2006 Type: User Review Good Book

this was a really good book to me. he had lots of love for being a gangster. at the end, he changes from the lifestyle. which makes it even better. if you want to read a good book. its worth buying to me.
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From: Amazon Posted: Nov 29, 2006 Type: User Review gang bangin in a new perspective

Monster is an amazing book written by Sanyika Shakur a.k.a. Monster Kody Scott. The realistic ness of his life style makes you feel like you're the one shooting some rollin' sixties; or sitting in a dark jail cell for days. The story starts with...
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