{"product_id":"boy-without-a-flag-9781571310286","title":"Boy Without a Flag","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year\u003c\/strong\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 that depicts a gritty slice of New York Latino life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBoy Without a Flag\u003c\/em\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.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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":"Abraham Rodriguez, Jr.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68271515730171,"sku":"9781571310286","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_e1fcf8e9-bc68-45f0-b6ce-8869967c0d84.jpg?v=1791305177","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/boy-without-a-flag-9781571310286","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}