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Title:

Rites of passage : stories about growing up by Black writers from around the world / edited by Tonya Bolden ; with a foreword by Charles Johnson.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Hyperion Books for Children,

Copyright Date:

c1994

Description:

xiii, 208 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Children's stories, American.
American fiction--African American authors.
African Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Blacks--Juvenile fiction.
Fiction--Black authors.
Children's stories.
Short stories, American.
American fiction--African American authors.
Short stories--Black authors.
African Americans--Fiction.
Blacks--Fiction.

Other Authors:

Bolden, Tonya, ill.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

Foreword / Charles Johnson -- Introduction -- Raymond's run / Toni Cade Bambara -- Scar / Cecil Foster -- Day the world almost came to an end / Pearl Crayton -- Late bud / Ama Ata Aidoo -- Mountain / Martin J. Hamer -- Bright Thursdays / Olive Senior -- Boy who painted Christ black / John Henrik Clarke -- Big water / Charlotte Watson Sherman -- Swan song / Quince Duncan -- Getting the facts of life / Paulette Childress White -- Test / Mjabulo Ndebele -- How, why to get rich / J. California Cooper -- Johnny Blue / Archie Weller -- Marigolds / Eugenia Collier -- My Lucy / Howard Gordon -- Dreaming the sky down / Barbara Burford -- My mother and Mitch / Clarence major -- About the contributors.

Summary:

Seventeen stories about the experiences of young people of African descent around the world, by such authors as Toni Cade Bambara, John Henrik Clarke, Njabulo Ndebele, and Barbara Burford.

ISBN:

9781562826888 (trade)
1562826883 (trade)

LCCN:

93031304

Locations:

TJPC492 -- Bellevue Public Library (Bellevue)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)