| Description |
127 p. : chiefly ill., map ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 127) and filmography (p. 127). |
| Indexed In: |
School Library Journal, June 2015 |
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Library Journal, July 2015 |
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Booklist starred, May 2015 |
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Library Media Connection, February 2016 |
| Summary |
A graphic novel account of the life of Benjy Melendez, the son of Puerto Rican immigrants who founded the notorious Ghetto Brothers gang in the Bronx, New York, at the end of the 1960s. Focuses on Melendez' and the Ghetto Brothers' efforts to promote peace in the down-and-out Bronx borough and the gang's weekly concerts on the streets or in abandoned buildings that led to the emergence of hip-hop music. Also relates Melendez' efforts to reconnect with newly discovered Jewish roots. |
| Audience |
Adult Follett School Solutions. |
| Subject |
Melendez, Benjy, 1952- -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Ghetto Brothers -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Gangs -- New York (N.Y.) -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Conflict management -- New York (N.Y.) -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Bronx (New York, N.Y.) -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographical comics.
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Nonfiction comics.
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| Added Author |
Ahlering, Claudia, 1972- ill.
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| ISBN |
9781561639489 |
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