When I Was the Greatest

Awards:   Commended for Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens (Fourteen and Up) 2015 Commended for Cybils (Young Adult Fiction) 2014 Commended for Tayshas Reading 2015 Winner of Coretta Scott King Award (New Talent/Author) 2015
Author:   Jason Reynolds ,  Michael Frost
Publisher:   Atheneum Books for Young Readers
ISBN:  

9781442459472


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   07 January 2014
Recommended Age:   From 12 years
Format:   Hardback
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When I Was the Greatest


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Awards

  • Commended for Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens (Fourteen and Up) 2015
  • Commended for Cybils (Young Adult Fiction) 2014
  • Commended for Tayshas Reading 2015
  • Winner of Coretta Scott King Award (New Talent/Author) 2015

Overview

"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 tics 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."

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Author:   Jason Reynolds ,  Michael Frost
Publisher:   Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Imprint:   Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 21.10cm
Weight:   0.318kg
ISBN:  

9781442459472


ISBN 10:   1442459476
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   07 January 2014
Recommended Age:   From 12 years
Audience:   Young adult ,  Teenage / Young adult
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Not yet available   Availability explained
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Jason Reynolds is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, a Newbery Award Honoree, a Printz Award Honoree, a two-time National Book Award finalist, 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. Reynolds is also the 2020-2021 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. His many books include When I Was the Greatest, The 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), Look Both Ways, and Long Way Down, which received a Newbery Honor, a Printz Honor, and a Coretta Scott King Honor. He lives in Washington, DC. You can find his ramblings at JasonWritesBooks.com.

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