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Author:

Neri, Greg.

Title:

Ghetto cowboy : a novel / by G. Neri ; illustrated by Jesse Joshua Watson.

Edition:

1st pbk. ed.

Publisher:

Candlewick Press,

Copyright Date:

2013, c2011

Description:

218 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Fathers and sons--Juvenile Fiction.
Horses--Juvenile Fiction.
City and town life--Pennsylvania--Juvenile Fiction.
Conduct of life--Juvenile Fiction.
Moving, Household--Juvenile Fiction.
African Americans--Juvenile Fiction.
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Juvenile Fiction.

Other Authors:

Watson, Jesse Joshua.

Summary:

Twelve-year-old Cole's behavior causes his mother to drive him from Detroit to Philadelphia to live with a father he has never known, but who soon has Cole involved with a group of African-American "cowboys" who rescue horses and use them to steer youths away from drugs and gangs.

ISBN:

9780763664534
0763664537

OCLC:

(OCoLC)825046606

Locations:

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

SBPB074 -- Dunkerton Public Library (Dunkerton)

DZPB423 -- Hubbard Public Library (Hubbard)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

LZSX115 -- Storm Lake Middle School (Storm Lake)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)