Richard Wright and the library card / by William Miller ; illustrated by Gregory Christie.
By: Miller, William.
Contributor(s): Christie, Gregory [ill.].
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BookPublisher: New York : Lee & Low Books, c1997Edition: 1st ed.Description: [32] p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.ISBN: 1880000571; 1880000881 (pbk.).Subject(s): Wright, Richard, 1908-1960 -- Juvenile fiction | African Americans -- Juvenile fiction | Wright, Richard, 1908-1960 -- Fiction | African Americans -- Fiction | Books and reading -- Fiction | Libraries -- Fiction | Wright, Richard, 1908-1960 -- Fiction | African Americans -- Fiction | Books and reading -- Fiction | Libraries -- FictionDDC classification: [Fic] Summary: 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.
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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.
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