The Central Avenue Boys and the Palmetto Street Tigers

It's 1947. The Brooklyn neighborhoods are still in the Depression. August comes and Christmas must follow for two gangs, the Central Avenue Boys and the Palmetto Street Tigers.

Tommy wants to be thought of as a boy for the sake of her parents. Fat Vinty feels unwanted by his father because he is overweight. Dutchy Moran abandons Dutchy with an alcoholic neighbor.

Through the help of Father Klein and Parker F. Wessels this story is brought to a thrilling and surprising conclusion.

This historical fiction is based on the works of Father Adolph Klein and Parker F. Wessels of the Bushwick Salvation Army Boy's Club in Brooklyn.