"Washington (D.C.)" . . "Teenage girls Juvenile fiction." . . "Gangs Fiction." . . "Recorded Books, LLC." . . "Blackstone Audio, Inc." . . "Gangs Juvenile fiction." . . "Gangs." . . "Teenage girls Fiction." . . "Harper Audio (Firm)" . . . . . "Downloadable audio books"@en . "Young adult works"@en . "Children's audiobooks"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "The lure"@en . "Fifteen-year-old Blaise lives in the outskirts of Washington, DC. She and her friends turn to gangs for safety, money, and love. When Blaise is invited to join Core 9, she jumps at the chance. She agrees to be beaten for a minute as part of the gang's initiation. But things get only more dangerous when tensions with a rival gang heat up. As she is put in more danger, she begins to see that there's more to lose. With death lurking around every corner, should Blaise stay, or cut and run?"@en . "Fiction"@en . "Fifteen-year-old Blaise Montgomery lives in the gritty outskirts of Washington, DC, where a stray bullet can steal a life on the way to school. Drugs and violence are the only ways to survive, so Blaise and her friends turn to gangs for safety, money, and love. When Blaise is invited to join Core 9, one of the most infamous crews, she jumps at the chance. Though her best guy friends, Rico and Satch, warn her about the danger, she agrees to be beaten for a minute straight as part of the gang's initiation ritual. Now Blaise is finally part of a crew, a family. But things get only more dangerous. Tensions with a rival gang heat up, and Trek, the head of Core 9, asks Blaise to be his \"lure,\" the sexy bait he'll use to track down enemy gang members and exact revenge. Rico and Satch tell her it's a death sentence, but Blaise can't resist the money and unparalleled power. As Trek puts Blaise in increasingly dangerous situations, she begins to see that there's more to lose than she ever realized--including Satch, the one person who has the power to get under her skin. With death lurking around every corner, should Blaise continue to follow the only path she's ever known, or cut and run?"@en . . . . . . . . . "Living in a violent, impoverished town outside Washington, D.C., 15-year-old Blaise joins an infamous gang against the advice and warnings of her best friends only to be required by her new leader to put herself in life-threatening situations."@en . . "Young adult fiction"@en . . "Audiobooks"@en . . . . "Juvenile works"@en . . "Teenage girls." . .