{"product_id":"9781571310286","title":"Boy without a Flag: Tales of the South Bronx","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbraham 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. \u003ci\u003eThe Boy Without a Flag\u003c\/i\u003e is “about the rancid underbelly of the American Dream,\" says the author. \"These are the kids no one likes to talk about; they are seen as the enemy by most people. I want to show them as they really are, not as society wishes them to be.” In these truth-telling stories about his neighborhood of Puerto Rican adolescents growing up in the South Bronx, Rodriguez introduces us to the youth who fight every day for survival in our cities.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Milkweed Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47030784393456,"sku":"9781571310286","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781571310286_p0.jpg?v=1763768054","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781571310286","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}