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9781933016139

The Odd Squad

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  • ISBN13:

    9781933016139

  • ISBN10:

    1933016132

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2005-07-15
  • Publisher: Blu Sky Media Group
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Summary

Narrated by the characters themselves, The Odd Squad is a story of the streets in a working-class, post "white-flight" neighborhood in Queens in the early '70's. On a block where muggings, drug-deals and racial conflicts are commonplace, three teens, Willie King, Frankie Nero and Luis Flores, "one black, one white, one Puerto Rican," are labeled "The Odd Squad," for being best friends in spite of powerful neighborhood pressures to stick with "their own kind." Reflecting the street language, music, dance, dress and sub-cultures of the times, The Odd Squad tells a story of friendship challenged by peer pressure, prejudice and the allure of sex and drugs. It also tells a story of interracial romance between Frankie and Luis's sister Laura, whose chances for happiness are challenged by a neighborhood perhaps readier to explode from hate than to be redeemed by love.

Author Biography

Joe Benevento is a local New York/New Jersey author and writes with the passion of one who knows the city and its people. He is the author of two books of poetry, Holding On and Willing to Believe and the novel Plumbing In Harlem. His poems, stories and essays have appeared in various publications, including Poets & Writers and Bilingual Review. He is a Professor of English at Truman State University.

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