Watch Me Grow: Welcome To My Hood - Paperback

by Arejay Martin (Author), Russell Edward Ivory III (Author)

Growing up in the hood, you tend to end up with more street smarts than book smarts. But what happens when you equip a forgotten generation with the financial tools and knowledge needed to compete succeed and succeed in today's world... Sit back and watch them grow.Watch Me Grow is an educational book series following the life and growth of CJ, a 16-year-old boy from the South Side of Chicago. CJ's mother turned to drugs after her husband, CJ's father & high ranking gang member, was murdered a year after being released from serving a 15+ year sentence. CJ is left to fend for himself and ends up joining the same Organization his father was from. His loyalty and street smarts accelerated his rise within the Organization until one-night changes his life forever. Now on the run from a rival gang and fearing possible retaliation from his own Organization, he turns to his estranged uncle in California to lay-low until he finds out his fate back home in Chicago. His uncle owns a small investment firm where CJ learns financial independence, how to build wealth, real estate investing, starting and owning businesses, as well as increasing his financial intelligence.This book is for all ages.