New Boy

Name: New Boy
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ISBN: 9780618432530

ISBN-10: 0618432531

ISBN-13: 9780618432530

Edition: 2005

Authors: Julian Houston

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Fifteen-year-old Rob Garrett wants nothing more than to escape the segregated South and prove himself. But in late 1950s Virginia, opportunity doesn"t come easily to an African American. So Rob"s parents take the unusual step of enrolling their son in a Connecticut boarding school, where he will have the best education available. He will also be the first student of color in the school"s history. No matter--Rob Garrett is on his way. But times are changing. While Rob is experiencing the privilege and isolation of private school, a movement is rising back home. Men and women are organizing, demanding an end to segregation, and in Rob"s hometown, his friends are on the verge of taking…

Book details

List price: $16.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Publication date: 11/28/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

Julian Houston was born in Richmond, Virginia, and educated in the public schools of that city before attending the Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Connecticut. He attended Boston University and was a community organizer in Harlem during the civil rights movement. He is now an associate justice of the Superior Court of Massachusetts. Julian Houston lives in Brookline, Massachusetts, with his wife and family.