- Knowledge and learning, Brown University, African American teenage boys, African American college students
The inspiring true story of a ferociously determined young man who, armed only with his intellect and his willpower, fights his way out of despair. At Ballou Senior High, a crime-infested school in Washington, D.C., honor students have learned to keep their heads down.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and contemporary.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- Ron Suskind
- First published
- 1998
- Pages
- 372
- Publisher
- Broadway Books
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780767901253
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