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When I Was the Greatest Reprint Edition
Contributor(s): Reynolds, Jason (Author), Frost, Michael (Photographer)

ISBN: 1442459484 ISBN-13: 9781442459489
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers

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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: August 2015

Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | People & Places - United States - African American
- Young Adult Fiction | Disabilities & Special Needs
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Bullying

Dewey: FIC

LCCN: 2012045734

Age Level: 12-17

Grade Level: 7-12

Lexile Measure: 740(Not Available)

Physical Information: 0.75" H x 5.56" W x 8.25" L (0.50 lbs) 256 pages

Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
- Demographic Orientation - Urban
- Geographic Orientation - New York
- Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic
- Cultural Region - Northeast U.S.
- Locality - New York, N.Y.
- Topical - Family
- Topical - Friendship

Features: Ikids, Price on Product

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 163699
Reading Level: 4.8 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 9.0

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:
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 ticks 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.

Contributor Bio(s): Reynolds, Jason: - Jason Reynolds is a New York Times bestselling author, a Newbery Award Honoree, a Printz Award Honoree, National Book Award Honoree, a Kirkus Award winner, a two-time Walter Dean Myers Award winner, an NAACP Image Award Winner, and the recipient of multiple Coretta Scott King honors. The American Booksellers Association's 2017 and 2018 spokesperson for Indies First, his many books include When I Was the Greatest, Boy in the Black Suit, All American Boys (cowritten with Brendan Kiely), As Brave as You, For Every One, the Track series (Ghost, Patina, Sunny, and Lu), and Long Way Down, which received both a Newbery Honor and a Printz Honor. He lives in Washington, DC. You can find his ramblings at JasonWritesBooks.com.

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