Party Girl (Knopf Books) - Tapa dura

In the follow-up to Drive-By, a young girl tries to find a way out of her gang life in the aftermath of her best friend's death by a drive-by shooting.

handed her a gun and for the first time in days, Kata felt calm. She hadn't known what to do, how to be, without Ana. An endless loop of memories spun around her brain--dancing wild at the go-go contest...running through the night-black streets...booming gunfire and screaming tires...the weight of her friend's lifeless body...Ana's blood, cold and tacky on her skin. But this gun put Kata in control. Someone would pay for Ana's death. Someone would pay.

Filled with atmosphere and action, this novel offers readers a window into the world of a gang member who knows she needs to get even, prays she won't get killed, but doesn't dare hope to ever get out.