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Response Hardcover - 2009 - 1st Edition
by Volponi, Paul
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
Noah and his friends go to a predominantly whiteneighborhood with a plan: steal a car, sell it to achop shop, and make some fast cash. But that neverhappens. Instead, Noah, a teen father, is the victimof a vicious beating that leaves him with a fracturedskull. Was the attacker just protecting his turf, ordid he assault Noah because he's black? Awardwinningauthor Paul Volponi, known for his brutallyhonest portrayals of the moral complexities of urbanlife, uses alternating perspective to give readersa fascinating and chilling insight into the minds ofthose on both sides of a hate crime.
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Details
- Title Response
- Author Volponi, Paul
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 145
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Viking Children's Books
- Date 2009-02-19
- Bookseller's Inventory # 0670062839.G
- ISBN 9780670062836 / 0670062839
- Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
- Dimensions 8.28 x 5.92 x 0.66 in (21.03 x 15.04 x 1.68 cm)
- Ages 12 to UP years
- Grade levels 7 - UP
- Reading level 880
- Library of Congress subjects Race relations, African Americans
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008023264
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Summary
Noah and his friends go to a predominantly white neighborhood with a plan: steal a car, sell it to a chop shop, and make some fast cash. But that never happens. Instead, Noah, a teen father, is the victim of a vicious beating that leaves him with a fractured skull. Was the attacker just protecting his turf, or did he assault Noah because he?s black? Awardwinning author Paul Volponi, known for his brutally honest portrayals of the moral complexities of urban life, uses alternating perspective to give readers a fascinating and chilling insight into the minds of those on both sides of a hate crime.