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Ghetto Cowboy

Neri, Greg. Book - 2011 Y Fiction / Neri, Greg 1 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 3.7 out of 5

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Call Number: Y Fiction / Neri, Greg
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Twelve-year-old Cole's behavior causes his mother to drive him from Detroit to Philadelphia to live with a father he has never known, but who soon has Cole involved with a group of African-American "cowboys" who rescue horses and use them to steer youths away from drugs and gangs.

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Touching submitted by TheHogans on June 26, 2015, 8:58pm This book is great for teens who think "they know it all". Trouble was his future, but his mother and father had different plans for him.
Witty, Touching, and a lesson to be learned.

PUBLISHED
Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2011.
Year Published: 2011
Description: 218 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

READING LEVEL
Lexile: 660

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780763649227
0763649228

ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Watson, Jesse Joshua.

SUBJECTS
Fathers and sons -- Fiction.
Horses -- Fiction.
City and town life -- Pennsylvania -- Fiction.
Conduct of life -- Fiction.
Moving, Household -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Fiction.
African American boys -- Fiction.
Twelve-year-old boys -- Fiction.
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Fiction.
Pennsylvania -- Fiction.
Realistic fiction.