Chicago's Most Wanted

By Travis Smith

A teenage girl is caught up in a homicide case that threatens to take her life, and the city of Chicago.

• Language: English
• Publisher: The Book Bureau
• Release date: Jul 24, 2023
• ISBN: 9781960548290

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ISBN: 978-1-960548-28-3 (paperback)

978-1-960548-29-0 (ebook)

"A ll my life I’ve been living inside a dream, wondering if it was real or just an illusion, " she tells herself, walking down Twenty-First on Broadway, bag slung over her shoulder and tomboy hair combed over the side of her scalp, eyes low and careless. She was sixteen, living on welfare and without a mom to call home, Jade Caprolli was a deadbeat. Already a hooker at night, by day she was a bro-like schoolgirl that ditched time, the type that could still be sweet but had an edge to herself. Jade walked down the side street, crossing cars and buses on her way to Welsen High.

Okay , class, today we will be learning about the battle of Valley Forge. Can anyone tell me . . .

Most of the students zone out, bored and dreary from the bullshit their teachers spewed at them. Lunch was the only thing they looked forward to.

How many cute guys you think she has? asks Monica.

Jade turns to look, only to remain indifferent as she lit up the cigarette.

Probably hundreds.

I know you like smoking hundreds.

Gotta feed my habit, girl.

You working tonight?

Yeah, when the sun goes down, the hustlers come out.

That night, hookers line the streets, dressed up in skimpy