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Ghetto Cowboy (the Inspiration for Concrete Cowboy)
Now a feature film, Concrete Cowboy, starring Idris Elba "Original in theme and inspirational in tone and content." -- Booklist From a Coretta Scott King Author Award Honor winner comes a street- smart tale about a displaced teen who learns to defend what's right -- the Cowboy Way. Inspired by the little- known urban riders of Philly and Brooklyn, this compelling tale of latter- day cowboy justice champions a world where your friends always have your back, especially when the chips are down.
Book Details
- Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
- Publish Date: Aug 6th, 2013
- Pages: 224
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.10in - 5.40in - 0.70in - 0.44lb
- EAN: 9780763664534
- Recommended age: 10-UP
- Categories: • Animals - Horses• African American & Black• Social Themes - Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
About the Author
G. Neri is the winner of a 2011 Coretta Scott King Author Honor Award for his graphic novel Yummy and the 2010 Lee Bennett Hopkins Promising Poet Award for Chess Rumble, a middle-grade novel in verse with illustrations by Jesse Joshua Watson. G. Neri lives in Tampa, Florida. Jesse Joshua Watson is the illustrator of Chess Rumble by G. Neri and I and I by Tony Medina. He is also the author-illustrator of Hope for Haiti. Jesse Joshua Watson lives in Washington State.
Praise for this book
Once again, G. Neri has done what he does best: taken a real-life scenario and turned it into compelling fiction. Cole's authentic voice will resonate with readers--it grabbed me right from the start and wouldn't let me go. An outstanding book! - Coe Booth, author of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winner Tyrell
The unique subject matter alone makes this a book worth picking up. Cole's heartwarming, heartrending voice, his struggle, and his triumph, make this a book worth reading to the end.-Sundee T. Frazier, author of the Coretta Scott King / John Steptoe New Talent Award Winner Brendan Buckley's Universe and Everything in It Ghetto Cowboy is an exceptional and deeply moving story about a father and son finding their way to each other and a community daring to fight for what they believe in. G. Neri has created a story that ropes us in and saddles us up for a heartwarming ride. - Hope Anita Smith, author of the Coretta Scott King Honor Winner Keeping the Night Watch This well-written book is based on a true story of urban cowboys in Philadelphia and New York. Cole's spot-on emotional insight is conveyed through believable dialogue and the well-paced plot offers information about a little-known aspect of African-American history as well as a portrait of contemporary urban stable life. Watson's illustrations punctuate the intriguing aspects of the story and make the novel more appealing.
--School Library Journal A fascinating glimpse of a culture most readers will not have heard of.
--Kirkus Reviews Neri's story is original in theme and inspirational in tone and content.
--Booklist Coltrane's narration is written in easy-reading colloquial language, making the book a likely sell to reluctant readers and possibility for older readalouds.
--Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books There's an honesty to the book and to the changes Cole experiences. And while the story itself may contain a happy ending for both boy and horse, that doesn't mean it's an easy ending for either of them...Definitely recommended for everyone.
--A Fuse 8 Production (SLJ blog) A heartwarming story about inner-city kids who bond with a band of forgotten race horses. . . . The great morality lesson here is not the only beauty of the story. The rhythm of the writing, the smells and sounds of the neighborhood, the developing relationship between a boy and his estranged father add up to an appealing novel, especially for an under-written-for segment of young male readers.
--The Christian Science Monitor
The unique subject matter alone makes this a book worth picking up. Cole's heartwarming, heartrending voice, his struggle, and his triumph, make this a book worth reading to the end.-Sundee T. Frazier, author of the Coretta Scott King / John Steptoe New Talent Award Winner Brendan Buckley's Universe and Everything in It Ghetto Cowboy is an exceptional and deeply moving story about a father and son finding their way to each other and a community daring to fight for what they believe in. G. Neri has created a story that ropes us in and saddles us up for a heartwarming ride. - Hope Anita Smith, author of the Coretta Scott King Honor Winner Keeping the Night Watch This well-written book is based on a true story of urban cowboys in Philadelphia and New York. Cole's spot-on emotional insight is conveyed through believable dialogue and the well-paced plot offers information about a little-known aspect of African-American history as well as a portrait of contemporary urban stable life. Watson's illustrations punctuate the intriguing aspects of the story and make the novel more appealing.
--School Library Journal A fascinating glimpse of a culture most readers will not have heard of.
--Kirkus Reviews Neri's story is original in theme and inspirational in tone and content.
--Booklist Coltrane's narration is written in easy-reading colloquial language, making the book a likely sell to reluctant readers and possibility for older readalouds.
--Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books There's an honesty to the book and to the changes Cole experiences. And while the story itself may contain a happy ending for both boy and horse, that doesn't mean it's an easy ending for either of them...Definitely recommended for everyone.
--A Fuse 8 Production (SLJ blog) A heartwarming story about inner-city kids who bond with a band of forgotten race horses. . . . The great morality lesson here is not the only beauty of the story. The rhythm of the writing, the smells and sounds of the neighborhood, the developing relationship between a boy and his estranged father add up to an appealing novel, especially for an under-written-for segment of young male readers.
--The Christian Science Monitor