Publisher's Synopsis
""My whole childhood was spent trying not to be noticed. It was tattooed on my soul. My inner world was made up of infinite compartments of fear ; my thoughts were formulated through my dyslexic way of seeing the world. I couldn't let anyone know I didn't know, and be marked stupid. So I kept my mouth shut and my opinions to myself. My life was in my heart. That's who I was, and that is where I lived." Survival of Species is a raw, authentic, and engaging memoir of survival and risky adventure set in the bustling South Bronx neighborhood of Hunts Point, where train lines and waterways converge the destination for fresh foods and greenhorn immigrants in mid 20th century New York. It's hard not to fall in love with Solly, a scrawny little kid who throws himself into games and encounters with danger on the streets, while at school and at home he stubbornly survives crushing dyslexic ridicule, and the seething bigotry and irrational
