Keywords
fiction, south Los Angeles, gentrification, teenagers
Preview
Rhea’s motives seem simple—save her best friend from eviction and stop the neighborhood from falling apart. As is true for all complex characters, there is more to Rhea, Zeke, and Malachi as they create a fake gang in their South LA neighborhood of Kofa Park. In Jade Adia’s debut novel There Goes the Neighborhood, gentrification is front and center as three teenagers take on the responsibility of saving their neighborhood and their chosen family.
Recommended Citation
Lopez-Goodman, Feliciana
(2025)
"Book Review: There Goes the Neighborhood,"
The Utah English Journal: Vol. 53, Article 29.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/uej/vol53/iss1/29
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