A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the YearAbraham Rodriguez, Jr. captures what it's like to grow up too fast amid the crushing poverty of the South Bronx in this collection, a gritty slice of New York Latino life. The Boy Without a ...
A vivid and provocative portrait of life in the South Bronx focuses on the difficult choice that Miguel faces between his life as a drug runner and the possibilities of his relationship with Cristalena. A first novel. Reprint. Tour....
Dinky, Jose, and Barbara are teens living in the Bronx. Dinky wants to put his father's drug dealing reputation behind him; Jose has just been dumped by his girlfriend who's moved on to the neighborhood's new drug dealer, Angel; Barbara's the smart g...
From an American Book Award winner, “a poetic thriller . . . A very different and rewarding mystery” (Booklist). When Puerto Rican ladies’ man Alex awakes one morning to find a mysterious woman in his bed, he assumes he’...