LUPE: Street Smart by F. Eugene Barber Second Edition LUPE knew she was in trouble. She had to get out of New York. Skippio's gang was looking for her. Where could she go? She shut her eyes and stabbed a pen point into the table of Area Codes in the front of the phone book. She packed her meager belongings and caught a taxi to the bus station in Queens. Eleven hours later she was in her home.