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When I was the greatest
Author: Reynolds, Jason

Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers (2015)

Classification: Fiction
Physical Description: 231 p., 21 cm.

BTSB No: 749269

ISBN: 9781442459472

Ages: 12-18

Grades: 7-12

Subjects:
Conduct of life -- Fiction
Family life -- New York (State) -- Brooklyn -- Fiction
Siblings -- Fiction
Neighborhoods -- Fiction
Violence -- Fiction
African Americans -- Fiction
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction

Price: $9.83

Summary:
Ali lives in Bed-Stuy, a Brooklyn neighborhood known for guns and drugs, but he and his sister, Jazz, and their neighbors, Needles and Noodles, stay out of trouble until they go to the wrong party, where one gets badly hurt and another leaves with a target on his back.

Accelerated Reader Information:
   Interest Level: UG
   Reading Level: 4.80
   Points: 9.0   Quiz: 163699

Reading Counts Information:
   Interest Level: 6-8
   Reading Level: 5.50
   Points: 16.0   Quiz: 62509

Awards:
Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Author Award, 2015

Reviews:
School Library Journal (+) (00/02/14)
Booklist (12/15/13)
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (00/09/14)
The Hornbook (00/01/14)

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