Ghetto Girls 5
Tougher Than Dice
In the fifth installment of the popular Ghetto Girls series, Coco suffers an injury that leaves her more helpless than she could have imagined. As she relies on her best friend Deedee for love and support, their relationship grows to another level. But Deedee finds out that her friend needs her even more than she’s letting on when Coco's unsupportive mother puts her health in a precarious position. Meanwhile, Deedee has problems of her own when her uncle is named as a person of interest in a series of murders.
Anthony Whyte is an Essence bestselling author and founder of Augustus Publishing and Street Literature Review Magazine: The Voice of Hip Hop Literature. He is a highly respected and renowned author in the Hip Hop fiction genre. His list of published works includes: Ghetto Girls, Ghetto Girls Too, Ghetto Girls 3: Soo Hood, the Streets of New York series and Blackout based on the BET and Paramount Pictures film. Whyte’s titles combined have sold more than 175,000 copies nationwide. Whyte spent over ten years in the US army and was a social worker for the Department of Social Services for New York City’s Child Protective Services. He is a graduate of Lehman College in the Bronx and is currently working on his next novel, Street Chic.