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The Boy Who Carried Bricks -- A True Story of Survival Hardcover - 2015
by Alton Carter
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- Title The Boy Who Carried Bricks -- A True Story of Survival
- Author Alton Carter
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition, 5
- Condition Used - Good
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Roadrunner Press, Oklahoma City, OK
- Date 2015
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated
- Bookseller's Inventory # 1937054349.G
- ISBN 9781937054342 / 1937054349
- Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
- Dimensions 8.5 x 5.7 x 0.8 in (21.59 x 14.48 x 2.03 cm)
- Ages 10 to 13 years
- Grade levels 5 - 8
- Reading level 960
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Themes
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Library of Congress subjects African American men, African Americans
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2014957122
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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From the jacket flap
Abandoned by his father, neglected by his mother, shuttled between foster homes and a boys ranch for most of his formative years, a young man refuses to succumb to the fate that the world says should be his. Born the second of five children to a woman who not once had a name to write in the blank space left for father on her children's birth certificates, Alton Carter does not mince words as he describes
a childhood full of violence and hunger and isolation. Early on, Alton decides he wants a "normal life" even if that means standing up to abusive relatives and being teased by his siblings and cousins. Along the way, he keeps an eye out for those who might help lighten the load, never losing hope that such people exist.
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- Voice of Youth Advocates, 06/01/2015, Page 0