When I Was the Greatest

When I Was the Greatest

In Bed Stuy, New York, a small misunderstanding can escalate into having a price on your headâ€”even if youâ€™re totally clean. This gritty, triumphant debut that Publishers Weekly calls â€œa funny and rewarding readâ€ captures the heart and the hardship of life for an urban teen.

A lot of the stuff that gives my neighborhood a bad name, I donâ€™t really mess with. The guns and drugs and all that, not really my thing.

Nah, not his thing. Aliâ€™s got enough going on, between school and boxing and helping out at home. His best friend Noodles, though. Now thereâ€™s a dude looking for troubleâ€”and, somehow, itâ€™s always Ali around to pick up the pieces. But, hey, a guyâ€™s gotta look out for his boys, right? Besides, itâ€™s all small potatoes; itâ€™s not like anyoneâ€™s getting hurt.

And then thereâ€™s Needles. Needles is Noodlesâ€™s brother. Heâ€™s got a syndrome, and gets these ticks and blurts out the wildest, craziest things. Itâ€™s cool, though: everyone on their street knows he doesnâ€™t mean anything by it.

Yeah, itâ€™s coolâ€¦until Ali and Noodles and Needles find themselves somewhere they never expected to beâ€¦somewhere they never should've beenâ€”where the people arenâ€™t so friendly, and even less forgiving.
Country USA
Manufacturer Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2014-01-07
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2014-01-07
Format	Kindle eBook