If you hear a rooster crow in the middle of Manhattan, chances are you are in Spanish Harlem, nineteen square blocks, from Fifth Avenue to the East River. Nestled in the heart of Spanish Harlem is the George Washington Carver Projects, Carver for short. It's the summer of 1978 and Mita's turning 12 in a neighborhood where the average 12 year old thinks and behaves like streetwise veterans. It's also the summer that Mita learns about love and pain. The summer of 1978 is a summer that Mita will never forget.
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