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Reynolds, Jason

When I Was the Greatest

232 pp. | Atheneum | January, 2014 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4424-5947-2 $17.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-4424-5949-6
(2) YA Affable narrator Ali, his best friend Noodles, and Noodles's brother Needles live in Brooklyn's tough Bed-Stuy neighborhood. Ali's thing is boxing; Noodles's is comic books; and Needles's is...knitting, as a way to keep his Tourette syndrome under control. The book's violent climax occurs at a party that the boys discover they're too young for. Reynolds demonstrates a gift for conversational tone and sly humor.
Reviewer: Roger Sutton | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2014

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