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When I Was the Greatest

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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
Author	Jason Reynolds
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	Reprint
EISBN	9781442459496
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer	Atheneum Books for Young Readers
NumberOfPages	241
PublicationDate	2014-01-07
Publisher	Atheneum Books for Young Readers
ReleaseDate	2014-01-07
Studio	Atheneum Books for Young Readers

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