Ghetto cowboy : a novel / by G. Neri ; illustrated by Jesse Joshua Watson.
by Neri, Greg; Watson, Jesse Joshua [ill.].
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BookPublisher: Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2011Edition: 1st ed.Description: 218 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 0763649228.Subject(s): Father-son relationship -- Fiction | Horses -- Fiction | City and town life -- Pennsylvania -- Fiction | Conduct of life -- Fiction | Moving -- Fiction | African Americans -- Fiction | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- FictionDDC classification: [Fic] Summary: 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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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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