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Beast

The Beast

Genre:
Fiction, Romance
Published:
2003

Spoon and Gabi are in love and decide to stay together, even after Spoon leaves Harlem to spend his senior year at a prestigious prep school. When he comes home during break, he discovers that Gabi is addicted to heroin — “the beast.” Will Spoon and Gabi be able to resist the lure of street life and maintain their love for each other?

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