Janet Mc Donald reads from her book Harlem Hustle

Listen to Janet McDonald introduce her young adult novel Harlem Hustle and then read an excerpt from the book. Hustle s personal Harlem was sorely in need of a renaissance. For him, it was the place where a scared kid named Eric Samson had been ditched by druggy parents and dismissed by frustrated teachers. Abandoned to the streets to raise himself, Eric Samson knows life won t be easy, beginning with the choices he must make. The fast cash of the streets still tempts him, but the threat of getting locke