Ghetto Cowboy (the Inspiration for Concrete Cowboy) - Paperback
by G. Neri
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Availability:Out of StockContributor:G. Neri, Jesse Joshua WatsonAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2013-08-06Pages:224
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Candlewick Press (MA)ISBN-13:9780763664534ISBN-10:763664537UPC:9780763664534Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Animals, People & Places, Social ThemesBook Topic:Horses, United States, Self-Esteem & Self-RelianceSize:8.10 x 5.40 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.4409Product ID:SC7NVST5MT
Now a feature film, Concrete Cowboy, starring Idris Elba "Original in theme and inspirational in tone and content." -- Booklist From a Coretta Scott King Author Award Honor winner comes a street- smart tale about a displaced teen who learns to defend what's right -- the Cowboy Way. Inspired by the little- known urban riders of Philly and Brooklyn, this compelling tale of latter- day cowboy justice champions a world where your friends always have your back, especially when the chips are down.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Candlewick Press (MA)ISBN-13:9780763664534ISBN-10:763664537UPC:9780763664534Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Animals, People & Places, Social ThemesBook Topic:Horses, United States, Self-Esteem & Self-RelianceSize:8.10 x 5.40 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.4409Product ID:SC7NVST5MT
G. Neri is the winner of a 2011 Coretta Scott King Author Honor Award for his graphic novel Yummy and the 2010 Lee Bennett Hopkins Promising Poet Award for Chess Rumble, a middle-grade novel in verse with illustrations by Jesse Joshua Watson. G. Neri lives in Tampa, Florida. Jesse Joshua Watson is the illustrator of Chess Rumble by G. Neri and I and I by Tony Medina. He is also the author-illustrator of Hope for Haiti. Jesse Joshua Watson lives in Washington State.
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
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