the book for those people. I decided if I tried to write this book from the inside out . . . I would be a fraud. What I did in the book was to bring outsiders into the neighborhood to view it with a fresh eye." The play version Bob Nocek of Times Leader said, regarding the play version, "What makes "Third and Indiana" work is that it's not afraid to show us that sometimes hope isn't enough." Toby Zinman of the City Paper liked the book version; in regards of the play version, which she reviewed, she said she felt like she "watched an afterschool special with bad language." See also References Further reading Urraca, Beatriz. "Inscrito en la calle: la estetica naturalista de Steve Lopez en Third and Indiana." Bilingual Review. 28.1 (January 2004), p. 47. - Available at Academic OneFile, available at Jstor, available at Highbeam Research Philadelphia Weekly Editorial Staff. "Book Smart." Philadelphia Weekly. May 24, 2006. 1994 American novels Novels set in Philadelphia