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An inquisitive young boy who lives with his mother and younger sister in a rough housing project in New Haven, Connecticut, approaches his tenth birthday with a mixture of anticipation and worry.
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12 editions- Audiobook · English · 1996Recorded Books · 9780788707353
- Other · English · 2009Square Fish · 128 pages · 9780312561260
- Other · English · 2009Farrar, Straus & Giroux · 9781429952439
- Other · English · 2009Marco Book Company · 9780784825662
- Other · English · 1999Tandem Library · 102 pages · 9780613020510
- Other · English · 1997Dell Yearling · 102 pages · 9781413145908
FictionInner citiesBrothers and sistersAfrican AmericansSingle-parent familiesCity and town lifeJuvenile fictionChildren's fiction