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Richard Wright and the library cardRichard Wright and the library card

Richard Wright and the library card2000

R. Gregory Christie, William Miller, R. Gregory Christie, Illustrated by Gregory Christie

About this book

Based on a scene from Wright's autobiography, Black boy, in which the seventeen-year-old African-American borrows a white man's library card and devours every book as a ticket to freedom.

Details

First published
2000
Pages
32
ISBN-13
9781880000885
OL Work ID
OL59231W

Subjects

African AmericansAfronorteamericanosBibliotecasBooks and readingFicción juvenilFictionJuvenile fictionLibrariesLibros y lecturaChildren's fictionLibraries, fictionAfrican americans, fictionBooks and reading, fictionSpanish language materialsDiscrimination in educationAfrican American authorsJUVENILE NONFICTIONLiterature

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