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Tough boy sonatas

Title:

Tough boy sonatas

Author:

Crisler, Curtis L.

Personal Author:

Crisler, Curtis L.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication Information:

Honesdale, Penn. : Wordsong, 2007.

Physical Description:

86 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm

Summary:

A collection of poems depicts the lives of poverty, crime, despair, and lost innocence of African American teenagers growing up in Gary, Indiana.

Language:

English

Contents:

Gary: Gary poem: (Chocolate city) -- In hell -- Hunger -- Confrontation -- Day dreamer -- Demographics -- Delaney Peacocks -- LaRoy -- Daughter/son soundtrack -- Girlfriend -- Pocket knife: (Game of Dare) -- Penitentiary -- Robbing hoods -- Son of a city: LaRoy and sister Sundays -- Black of gray -- Requiem in losing space -- Delaney -- Children of blues/Saturday night school -- Mamas -- Rooted -- Grandma -- Catch -- 38th letter to a man with no fame -- Fruit man -- Surroundings of LaRoy -- In our Venus -- Tough boy sonatas: Hypnotics -- Addiction -- Lifted -- Back tracks -- Ebonics -- Boys love words -- Stray -- Walking w/drama -- Burgers, homegrown -- Jivin' -- Dance of the ghetto fairies -- Tennis match -- Outside games.

Program Information:

Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning UG 6.5 2.

Accelerated Reader AR UG 6.5 2.0 113345.

Reading Counts RC High School 6.5 5 Quiz: 41336.

Subject Term:

Children's poetry.

Geographic Term:

Gary (Ind.) -- Poetry.

Genre:

Poetry.

Added Author:

Cooper, Floyd,