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Author:

Carter, Alton, author.

Title:

The boy who carried bricks / Alton Carter.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

The RoadRunner Press,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

179 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Subject:

Carter, Alton--Juvenile literature.
African American men--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
African American youth--Social conditions--Juvenile literature.
Foster children--Juvenile literature.
Carter, Alton.
African Americans--Biography.
African Americans.--Social conditions.
Foster children.
Autobiography.

Summary:

Abandoned by his father, neglected by his mother, and shuttled between foster homes and a boys' ranch, a young African-American man refuses to succumb to the fate that the world says should be his. Told by the man who lived it.

ISBN:

1937054349
9781937054342

OCLC:

(OCoLC)897845381

LCCN:

2014957122

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

YKPE532 -- Anamosa Library & Learning Center (Anamosa)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

AWPD207 -- Osceola Public Library (Osceola)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)