Rite of Passage

Richard Wright

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Harlem. The late 1940s. Fifteen-year-old Johnny Gibbs loves his parents, respects his teachers, and is a model student. Suddenly, his familiar world falls apart. Johnny learns he is really a foster child who the welfare authorities have decreed now must go and live with another family. Stunned by the revelation, Johnny runs away. The startling events that follow, during Johnny's nightlong confrontation with alienation and loneliness, will inexorably push him past the frontiers of childhood and into an unknown, violent world beyond. Rite of Passage, Richard Wright's never-before-published story of Johnny Gibbs's fall from grace, is as pertinent to the fate of many young people today as it was when it was first conceived nearly fifty years ago.

Book Details

Publisher: HarperCollins
Publish Date: Dec 19th, 1995
Pages: 160
Language: English
Edition: undefined - undefined
Dimensions: 7.00in - 4.24in - 0.45in - 0.21lb
EAN: 9780064471114
Recommended age: 13-UP
Categories: • Family - Orphans & Foster Homes• African American & Black• Diversity & Multicultural

About the Author

Wright, Richard: -

Richard Wright won international renown for his powerful and visceral depiction of the black experience. He stands today alongside such African-American luminaries as Zora Neale Hurston, James Baldwin, and Toni Morrison, and two of his books, Native Son and Black Boy, are required reading in high schools and colleges across the nation. He died in 1960.

Diaz, David: -

David Diaz has illustrated numerous award-winning books for children, including smoky night by Eve Bunting, for which he was awarded the Caldecott Medal; The Wanderer by Sharon Creech, which received a Newbery Honor; and Me, Frida by Amy Novesky, a Pura Belpre Honor Award winner. Mr. Diaz lives in Southern California.

Diaz, David: -

David Diaz has illustrated numerous award-winning books for children, including smoky night by Eve Bunting, for which he was awarded the Caldecott Medal; The Wanderer by Sharon Creech, which received a Newbery Honor; and Me, Frida by Amy Novesky, a Pura Belpré Honor Award winner. Mr. Diaz lives in Southern California.

Praise for this book

"The story is taut and terrible, and the account ofJohnny trapped in a bleak, hostile city will holdteens fast." -- "ALA Booklist""Striking characters, vivid dialogue, dramatic descriptions, and enduring themes introduce a new generation of readers to Wright's powerful voice." -- "School Library Journal"