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Property Of

is a powerful novel about a teenage girl who will do anything to belong--to McKay, that is. "No one knows how much she wants him, how far she'll go to be with him. She doesn't even know herself..." (back cover).
New York City sets the stage for this tale. It tells the stories of a gang in the 1940's, the Orphans. Everyone who belonged to this gang was an orphan. All they had were each other.
The narrator, whose name was never given, is the main character. She is the one in love with McKay. She will do whatever it takes to fit in. She hears stories of McKay that are told on the Avenue, and what Danny the Sweet, a messenger for the Orphans, allows her to know. McKay on the other ...

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but the way she drank from a bottle of tequila made it evident she was no child.
The narrator convinces Danny the Sweet to let her come with him to the secret meeting before the Night of the Wolf, in hopes of catching McKay's eye. The Night of the Wolf is a fight between the Pack and the Orphans, which would determine who would have control of the Avenue and the honor that goes with it. It was this night she would learn McKay would never love her. "'What I want is for you is to fall in love with me.' 'No,' said McKay. 'No?' I said. 'No. I don't go in for that,' said McKay. 'That falling in love, I don't go for that.'"(43). She would do anything for McKay, but all McKay wanted was honor.
As the story progressed, she moved in with McKay. She learned his way of life and the secrets the gang possessed. McKay soon found a new love. Heroin. She got jealous of the needle and wanted to share his passion.
At first he wouldn't grant this to her, but at last gives in. "Too dumb ...

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Added: 5/14/2005 03:30:22 PM
Category: Book Reports
Type: Premium Paper
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