When I Was the Greatest

Name: When I Was the Greatest
Rating: 4.00 (1 reviews)

by Jason Reynolds

Michael Frost (Photographer)

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When I Was the Greatest

by Jason Reynolds

Michael Frost (Photographer)

1 rating • 1 review • 3 shelved

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.

Sixteen-year-old Ali lives in a Brooklyn neighborhood known for guns and drugs, where he manages to stay out of trouble until going to the wrong party. The plot contains profanity and sexual references.

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ISBN10 1442459484
ISBN13 9781442459489
Publish Date 18 August 2015 (first published 7 January 2014)
Publish Status Active
Publisher Simon & Schuster
Imprint Atheneum Books for Young Readers

Edition Reprint ed.
Format Paperback (US Trade)
Pages 256
Language English

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This is the second book of Jason Reynolds that I read, but the first one that told a fictional story, and I loved it. I loved Ali, and his story, the setting, his friends, and honestly just everything about this book. I think Mr. Reynolds really allowed the reader to learn so much from these characters and what they went through in here.