num_pages: 213
description: The word is out in Spanish Harlem: Willy Bodega is king.  Need college tuition for your daughter?  Start-up funds for your fruit stand?  Bodega can help.  He gives everyone a leg up, in exchange only for loyalty--and a steady income from the drugs he pushes.Lyric, inspired, and darkly funny, this powerful debut novel brilliantly evokes the trial of Chino, a smart, promising young man to whom Bodega turns for a favor.  Chino is drawn to Bodega's street-smart idealism, but soon finds himself over his head, navigating an underworld of switchblade tempers, turncoat morality, and murder.
language: English
title: Bodega Dreams
titlecomplete: Bodega Dreams
genres: Young Adult, School, Literary Fiction, Classics, Novels, New York, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Adult Fiction, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 3559
places: New York City, New York
publisher: Vintage