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Author Moore, Wes, 1978-

Title Discovering Wes Moore / Wes Moore.

Imprint New York : Delacorte Press, c2012.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 PHS Non-Fiction  975.2 MOORE    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description 160 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Study Program AR MG RL 6 PTS 6 153627EN PHS.
Contents For keeps -- Courtside in the Bronx -- The Chameleon -- Kid Kupid's last strike -- Plebe -- Refuge -- Airborne -- Full circle -- Watende -- The other Wes Moore -- The return.
Indexed In: Junior Library Guild
Summary In a thought-provoking memoir, Wes Moore recounts his Bronx childhood and wonders why he later succeeded while another boy named Wes Moore ended up in prison.
Audience Ages 15-17.
Grades 10-12.
Awards A Junior Library Guild selection
Genre/Form Memoir.
Subject Moore, Wes, 1975- -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile literature.
Moore, Wes, 1978- -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile literature.
Moore, Wes, 1975-
Moore, Wes, 1978-
Moore, Wes, 1975-
Moore, Wes, 1978-
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African Americans -- Bronx (New York, N.Y.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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Soldiers -- United States.
Youth -- Conduct of life.
African American men -- Biography.
African Americans -- Baltimore (Md.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Bronx (New York, N.Y.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Criminals -- Baltimore (Md.) -- Biography.
Soldiers -- United States -- Biography.
Youth -- Conduct of life.
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ISBN 9780375990182\(library\binding)
9780385741675 (hbk.)

 
    
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