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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
When I Was the Greatest

When I Was the Greatest

Reynolds, Jason
Frost, Michael

Hardcover

Young Adult Fiction

Publisher Price: $19.99

ISBN10: 1442459476
ISBN13: 9781442459472
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: Jan 7 2014
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.30
Language: English
Awards: Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens, Coretta Scott King Award, Cybils, Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award, Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers, In the Margins Book Award, Tayshas Reading
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds, a funny and rewarding (Publishers Weekly) coming-of-age novel about friendship and loyalty across neighborhood lines and the hardship of life for an urban teen.

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

Nah, not his thing. Ali's got enough going on, between school and boxing and helping out at home. His best friend Noodles, though. Now there's a dude looking for trouble--and, somehow, it's always Ali around to pick up the pieces. But, hey, a guy's gotta look out for his boys, right? Besides, it's all small potatoes; it's not like anyone's getting hurt.

And then there's Needles. Needles is Noodles's brother. He's got a syndrome, and gets these tics and blurts out the wildest, craziest things. It's cool, though: everyone on their street knows he doesn't mean anything by it.

Yeah, it's cool...until Ali and Noodles and Needles find themselves somewhere they never expected to be...somewhere they never should've been--where the people aren't so friendly, and even less forgiving.

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