{"product_id":"9780615965598","title":"Young and Reckless Part 1","description":"Demetrius Williams, at the age of eighteen, was slam-dunking from behind the free throw line with college scouts jocking him every game.\u003cbr\u003eThe question becomes: what would make a young man give up on his basketball dreams and trade them for street dreams, when becoming an\u003cbr\u003eNBA player was in his view?\u003cp\u003eVickie, Demetrius's mother, is a loving, caring, and hardworking,\u003cbr\u003eunsuspecting mother. She could have never suspected her son, having\u003cbr\u003eNBA potential, would forfeit it. She thought he was attending school every day until one morning, after waking him up for school, he said, \"I am not going to school, and I am not going to the prom.\" What she heard from his lips was more than she could bear. She knew that Demetrius was entering a chaotic world. What she feared was that he was falling into his father's footsteps. His father, while he was trying to rob a bank, was killed by the\u003cbr\u003eLAPD in front of Demetruis as a child.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScrilla, a hood wizard who knew the ins and outs of the Los Angeles slums,\u003cbr\u003ebefriended Demetrius. Scrilla watched Demetrius grow up riding his bike down the street where he peddled cocaine. He saw Demetruis during his high school years walking down the street, dribbling his basketball. Even though he was a hustler and a ruthless thug, Scrilla did not want young\u003cbr\u003eDemetrius to follow in his footsteps.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDemetrius joined the streets after an altercation with his stepfather. He was attracted to the wrong kind of friends-young, reckless, wannabe street hustlers. After his getaway from the Nix Check Cashing Robbery, he considered himself inducted into the Hall of Hustlers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis wild roller-coaster ride is a cautionary tale. It will hold you hostage until the end. You will be shocked to see how the loose ends are intricately tied together and deep secrets revealed. A page-turner indeed!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Creator Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50050487714032,"sku":"9780615965598","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780615965598","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}