TY - BOOK AU - Ellis,Shelly TI - Know Your Place T2 - A Branch Avenue boys novel SN - 9781496718976 AV - PS3605.L4695 K59 2019 U1 - 813/.6 23 PY - 2019/// CY - New York, NY PB - Dafina Books/Kensington Publishing Corp. KW - African American men KW - Fiction KW - Best friends KW - Street life KW - Male friendship KW - Drug dealers KW - Politicians KW - fast KW - Romance fiction KW - Urban fiction KW - lcgft N2 - "Success didn't come easy for three best friends from the streets. And now dangerous choices and reckless desire will push their bond to lethal limits."--Publisher's description; Their stint at the Branch Avenue Boys' Youth Institute taught Ricky, Derrick, and Jamal to unite when the going got tough... and things are really tough right now. Arrested during a raid, Ricky must inform on D.C's drug king pin, Dolla Dolla-- and find the woman who loved and betrayed him. One of Institute head Derrick's students is hiding Dolla Dolla's major stash, and attempt to do the right thing will have shattering consequences. Jamal's backroom deal with D.C.'s corrupt mayor is giving him everything he thought he wanted, but the return of the woman he's always loved is getting him in way over his head. -- adapted from back cover ER -