In Bed Stuy, New York, a small misunderstanding can escalate into having a price on your head--even if you\'re totally clean.
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..
It\'s cool, though: everyone on their street knows he doesn\'t mean anything by it.
He\'s got a syndrome, and gets these ticks and blurts out the wildest, craziest things.
Needles is Noodles\'s brother.
And then there\'s Needles.
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.
Now there\'s a dude looking for trouble--and, somehow, it\'s always Ali around to pick up the pieces.
His best friend Noodles, though.
Ali\'s got enough going on, between school and boxing and helping out at home.
Nah, not his thing.
The guns and drugs and all that, not really my thing.
A lot of the stuff that gives my neighborhood a bad name, I don\'t really mess with.
This gritty, triumphant debut that Publishers Weekly calls a funny and rewarding read captures the heart and the hardship of life for an urban teen.
In Bed Stuy, New York, a small misunderstanding can escalate into having a price on your head--even if you\'re totally clean
