Eager Street: A Life on the Corner and Behind Bars Carola Baumgardt joyful style engages even the

joyful style engages even the most reluctant child

His strategy to win seems simple: follow her around

With no other alternative to restore peace to the small town

Jodi Picoult is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of twenty-seven novels

His other books include Old Testament Ethics for the People of God and The Mission of God: Unlocking the Bible's Grand Narrative

Eager Street: A Life on the Corner and Behind Bars Carola Baumgardt joyful style engages even theBorn in Baltimore during the summer of 1968, Arlando "Tray" Jones, III, arrived in a world scarred by race riots that left Eager Street clouded by smoke and charred storefronts looted clean. One result of these tumultuous times was a spike in East Baltimore's drug trade, a business that Tray himself entered twelve short years later. Eager Street: A Life on the Corner and Behind Bars tells the story of Tray's rise to and fall from power in Baltimore's