DAISY ORCASITAS

INTRODUCING MYSELF

• I am a high school student at Curie High School.
• I live and grew up in Chicago in Bridgeport.
• I have three other siblings, I am the second oldest,

INTRODUCING AUTHOR

• The authors name is Piri Thomas.
• He is Puerto Rican.
• He was raised and born from Harlem, New York.
• He is a high school dropout.
• Piri has hatred against white people
• He was reckless growing up and was into a lot of bad things.
• He left home at a young age

INTRODUCING BOOK SUMMARY

• This book is about a Puerto Rican boy living in Harlem, New York who hated "paddies".He is remembering how he grew up and tells us about it. All the struggles he went through and what he did to get by being a negro.

SETTINGS

• Harlem, New York.
• Long Island.

CHARACTERS

• Piri
• Poppa
• Moms
• 3 other siblings
• Louie
• Waneko
• Rockie
• Trina

CONFLICT

• I did not get that far

WORST PART OF THE BOOK

• The worst part of the book was Piri getting into heroin and getting locked up for fifteen years for stealing.

AUTHORS PURPOSE

• I believe the authors purpose is to make the readers understand how hard it wasliving as a negro in Harlem, New York back in his day

WHO I WOULD RECOMMEND THIS BOOK FOR

• I would recommend this book to mature teenagers only because there is sexually stuff involved as well as drug use.