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Author:

Reynolds, Jason, author.

Title:

The boy in the black suit / Jason Reynolds.

Edition:

First Atheneum Books for Young Readers paperback edition.

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

255 pages ; 21 cm

Subject:

Funeral homes--Fiction.
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Fiction.
Grief--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Family life--Brooklyn--Brooklyn--Fiction.
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Fiction.
Bereavement--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Family life--Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction.

Notes:

"A Caitlyn Dlouhy book." Includes reader's guide.

Summary:

Soon after his mother's death, Matt takes a job at a funeral home in his tough Brooklyn neighborhood and, while attending and assisting with funerals, begins to accept her death and his responsibilities as a man.

ISBN:

1442459514
9781442459519

LCCN:

bl2016033326

Locations:

AJPE887 -- Matilda J. Gibson Memorial Library (Creston)

3HSX245 -- Denison High School (Denison)

ENPC715 -- Sanborn Public Library (Sanborn)