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Dark. (Adult/high school: fiction).(Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Article)
JASPER, Kenji. Dark. 242p. Broadway. 2001. pap. $12.95. ISBN 0-7679-0707-8. LC 00-046808.
Adult/High School--Thai Williams is a 19-year-old graduate of the DC public schools, and an entry-level government employee. He has vague aspirations to attend the University of the District of Columbia, but he never makes any concrete moves toward that goal. He divides his time among his job; his wild, streetwise friends; and his girlfriend, Sierra. His world crumbles when he finds her making love to another young man named Nick. He wants to beat up the interloper in a public place as revenge, but his friends put a loaded gun in his hand, and he ends up …
