Ghetto Flowers — Francis Oliver Lynn

Ghetto Flowers is the story of ethnically diverse inner city youth coming of age in the red brick, row home, asphalt, concrete world of South Philadelphia. The narrow streets, homes, and alleys form a complex cultural maze of neighborhoods for kids to utilize every available opportunity to thrive in their struggle to survive. The book uses actual and fictionalized events to illustrate the challenges young people face in their attempt to grow beyond cultural circumstances that threaten to hinder the discovery and unfolding of their innate potential. Ghetto Flowers is a collection of realistic stories woven into a novel and written so that readers can appreciate and understand the challenge of growing up with unusual educational and cultural influences in what many would consider a world filled with insurmountable difficulties. The Ghetto Flowers will amaze you with their ingenious resourcefulness and their insatiable hunger for adventure.