Spidertown

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"Miguel is riding high on the streets of the Bronx in his Baby, a souped-up dream-mobile purchased for him by the man, Spider: mentor, friend, and crack kingpin. Miguel is just a runner, not a dealer; he thinks he can keep his life as an independent operator with just one foot in the door of a world where teenagers run million-dollar empires. With his crashpad roommate Firebug, arsonist extraordinaire, Miguel tries to fit lifetimes of partying, casual sex, and high times into a few short years. It is only when he falls deeply in love with the beautiful and practical-minded Cristalena that the shallowness and imminent danger of this world come crashing home to him."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: Drug traffic,  Fiction,  Puerto Ricans,  Young men,  Puerto Ricans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction.,  Drug traffic -- Fiction.,  Young men -- Fiction.,  Bronx (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction.,  Reading Level-Grade 9,  Reading Level-Grade 11,  Reading Level-Grade 10,  Reading Level-Grade 12,  Fiction, general,  New york (n.y.), fiction,  Drugs,  Bildungsromans

Places: New York,  New York (State),  Bronx (New York, N.Y.)