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Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
265 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Moving quickly throughout his Queens immigrant neighborhood to avoid the watchful eyes of his hardworking Bangladeshi parents, their gossipy neighbors and surveillance cameras mounted everywhere, charismatic but troubled youth Naeem is offered a deal by the cops to become a community protector in ways that challenge his sense of identity.
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
154 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
For more than a decade starting in 1920, millions of regular Americans ignored the law of the land. Parents became bootleggers, kids smuggled illegal alcohol, and outlaws became celebrities. It wasn't supposed to be that way, of course. When Congress passed the Eighteenth Amendment, prohibiting the sale and manufacture of alcohol in the United States, supporters believed it would create a better, stronger nation. Instead it began an era of lawlessness,...
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