| Description |
ix, 53 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Note |
"A Richard Jackson book"--Page [i]. |
| Summary |
In a series of poems, the speaker and his best friend meander through the summer after eighth grade, encountering for the first time in the local people of their economically depressed neighborhood enormous courage and vitality. |
| Contents |
Brickyard -- Bonfire -- Firsts -- Raymond -- Glass-eye Harry Coote -- Bad -- Mystery -- Ruth -- Gus -- Dancers -- Sundays -- Poet -- Stories -- Lecture -- Roscoe -- Word -- Reverend Mona -- Bridge -- Walker -- Brothers -- History -- Monument -- Thieves -- Spider -- Hoods -- Mail king -- Sisters -- Bingo -- Winner -- Kiss. |
| Provenance |
Gift of Phyllis Fantauzzo. |
| Subject |
Children's poetry, American.
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Children's poetry, American. |
| Added Author |
Rush, Ken, illustrator.
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| ISBN |
0531058468 |
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9780531058466 |
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0531084469 (library binding) |
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9780531084465 (library binding) |
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