Volponi, Paul.

Rooftop / Paul Volponi. - New York, N.Y. : Speak, 2007. - 199, 11 p. ; 21 cm.

Includes an excerpt of Paul Volponi's next book, Rucker Park Setup.

Still reeling from seeing police shoot his unarmed cousin to death on the roof of a New York City housing project, seventeen-year-old Clay is dragged into the whirlwind of political manipulation that follows.

A Junior Library Guild selection.

ISBN: 9780142408445 0142408441

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Death--Fiction.
Race relations--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Drug abuse--Fiction.
Rehabilitation--Fiction.
Family--New York (State)--New York--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
New York (N.Y.)--Fiction.