Baby Girl [Paperback]

Jihad (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2005

Baby Girl: This is a story of a girl born to L.A."s rich and elite. She's known simply as Baby Girl. After the sudden and tragic murder of her father, Baby Girl and her mother are forced to give up their lives and go on the run. Soon they end up living on the streets among Atlanta's homeless, where Baby Girl's mother does whatever she has to do to make sure her daughter wants for nothing. Soon they befriend Shabazz, a white-heroin addicted/scam artist who thinks he is black, and his best friend Ben Franklin, an old scholarly alcoholic that carefully analyzes everything and everyone. Not long after being on Atlanta's streets Baby Girl's mother is killed. She is now being raised by Shabazz and Ben, learning the intracies of hustling. Using what she learned from watching her mother, Shabazz, and Ben, Baby Girl' scandalous, ruthless, cunning puts her on top of the world, taking the game to levels you wouldn't believe. She has it all until another tragic event causes her to take on a new fight. She is a female Robin Hood, robbin' the rich and givin' back to the hoods of Atlanta's homeless and dejected. Eventually she recruits and trains women like her, beautiful in appearance but poisonous to the touch if you get in their path. Baby Girl will make every woman wonder, is it really a man's world or is it a woman's world where men only exist if women let them?

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Urban Books (October 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1893196232
• ISBN-13: 978-1893196230
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,208,813 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unexpected Surprise, October 8, 2005

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read-a-lot "read-a-lot" (Marietta Ga) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Baby Girl (Paperback)

This book was a very good read. At first I was a little skeptical because I did not think I would like this type of book (it was a gift) but once I started reading it I could not put it down. There is so much more to this book than I thought. The charcters are so awesome! Babygirl with her will to make it in the mean streets of the ATL when the odds were stacked against her, Shabazz who was hysterical and kept me laughing, to her Uncle Ben who taught her not to let the streets rule her destiny but to rule the streets and create her own destiny. He also taught her how to be loyal when it came to helping others. Babygirl was an unexpected surprise and I strongly urge you to read it.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars MUST READ!!!!!!!!, October 8, 2005

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Cookie458 "Cookie" (New York, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Baby Girl (Paperback)

I love Babygirl's bad bitch attitude, she knew what she had to do to survive and she did it. This book is filled with sex, betrayal, friendship and much more!!!! It will pull you in and not let go until the last page is read and even then you would like to read a little bit more. This book is definitly a must read!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars OFF DA HOOK, October 18, 2005

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moochie "moochie" (new york) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Baby Girl (Paperback)

Babygirl was off the hook. Babygirl was trying to survive by any means neccessary. This book was so good! It was raw and entertaining. I loved the way Babygirl took control of her life and the streets. She was a survivor. The book was fast paced and kept me glued to the pages. I really, really recommend this book. It is a great read!!!!!