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The warm, funny, and supremely original new novel from one of the most acclaimed writers in AmericaThe year is 1985. Benji Cooper is one of the only black students at an elite prep school in Manhattan. He spends his falls and winters going to roller-disco bar mitzvahs, playing too much Dungeons and Dragons, and trying to catch glimpses of nudity on late-night cable TV. After a tragic mishap on his first day of high school--when Benji reveals his deep enthusiasm for the horror movie magazine Fangoria--his social doom is sealed for the next four years. But every summer, Benji escapes to the…

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Editions

9 editions · 2 languages
  • Paperback · English · 2010
    Anchor · 352 pages · 9780307455161
  • Audiobook · English · 2009
    Brand: Random House Audio · 9780739381908
  • Hardcover · English · 2009
    Doubleday · 288 pages · 9780385527651
  • Ebook · English · 2009
    Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · 9780385529396
  • Other · English · 2013
    Penguin Random House · 288 pages · 9781446477656
  • Other · English · 2011
    Penguin Random House · 288 pages · 9780099531883
FictionAfrican American teenage boysAdolescenceLarge type booksComing of agePeer pressureNew York Times reviewedAfrican americans, fiction