The Uptown Five: Summer of ’98 (eBook)

Five friends. One unforgettable summer. And a neighborhood where everybody knows your name—and probably your business.

It’s the summer of 1998 in Spanish Harlem, New York City, and La’Nia “LaLa,” Mona, Mari, D and Javi are making the most of long summer days, neighborhood hangouts and nights that never seem to end.

Between basketball courts, open fire hydrants, rooftop parties, teasing conversations and the everyday rhythm of the city, the five have the kind of friendship built on history. They know how to make each other laugh, how to get under each other’s skin—and exactly which buttons to push.

But as the summer unfolds, some familiar relationships begin to feel a little different.

Mari starts wondering whether her feelings for D might be more than friendship. D finds himself paying unexpected attention to LaLa. And LaLa is determined not to read too much into something that may—or may not—be there.

Meanwhile, Mona and Javi have their own way of communicating: usually one sarcastic remark away from an argument and one joke away from laughing again.

Set against the sights, sounds and energy of Spanish Harlem in the summer of 1998, The Uptown Five: Summer of ’98 is a nostalgic, full-color illustrated story about friendship, attraction, growing up and those unforgettable summers when life seemed to happen right outside your front door.

With expressive comic-style artwork, authentic late-1990s atmosphere and a character-driven story at its heart, The Uptown Five captures a moment when friendships were face-to-face, plans were made without group texts, and sometimes the most important things were the ones nobody was quite ready to say out loud.

The summer ends. The story doesn’t.

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