In Bed Stuy New York a small misunderstanding can escalate into having a price on your head-even if you're totally clean. This gritty triumphant debut captures the heart and the hardship of life for an urban teen.
A lot of the stuff that gives my neighborhood a bad name I don't really mess with. The guns and drugs and all that not really my thing.
Nah not his thing. Ali's got enough going on between school and boxing and helping out at home. His best friend Noodles though. Now there's a dude looking for trouble-and somehow it's always Ali around to pick up the pieces. But hey a guy's gotta look out for his boys right? Besides it's all small potatoes; it's not like anyone's getting hurt.
And then there's Needles. Needles is Noodles's brother. He's got a syndrome and gets these ticks and blurts out the wildest craziest things. It's cool though: everyone on their street knows he doesn't mean anything by it.
Yeah it's cool…until Ali and Noodles and Needles find themselves somewhere they never expected to be…somewhere they never should've been-where the people aren't so friendly and even less forgiving.
