The Air Down Here: True Tales from a South Bronx Boyhood
by Alicea, Gil C.
ALA Notable/Best BooksGrowing UpAddictionNY Publ. Library Best Books for the Teen AgeShort StoriesNew York
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AR Book Level
4.8
AR Points
4
Word Count
27,313
Interest Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Genre
Nonfiction
AR Quiz #
105763 EN
About this book
The author presents 115 short essays about life in New York's South Bronx. Not only do drugs, violence, gangs, police, and misrepresentations by the media fill the book, but so does his positive outlook on life. The coauthor is Carmine DeSena.
