The Tomorrow Game av Sudhir Venkatesh

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<b>A <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author’s gripping account of a Chicago community coming together to save a group of teenagers from gun violence.</b><BR><BR>In the tradition of works like <i>Random Family</i> and <i>Behind the Beautiful Forevers</i>, Sudhir Venkatesh’s <i>The Tomorrow Game</i> is a deeply reported chronicle of families surviving in a Southside Chicago community.<BR><BR>At the heart of the story are two teenagers: Marshall Mariot, an introverted video gamer and bike rider, and Frankie Paul, who leaves foster care to direct his cousin’s drug business while he’s in prison. Frankie devises a plan to attack Marshall and his friends—it is his best chance to showcase his toughness and win respect for his crew. Catching wind of the plan, Marshall and his friends decide they must preemptively go after Frankie’s crew to defend their honor. The pressure mounts as both groups of teens race to find a gun and strike first. All the while, the