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Ghetto cowboy : a novel /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Neri, Greg
Other Authors: Watson, Jesse Joshua (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2011.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Fathers and sons > Fiction.
Horses > Fiction.
City and town life > Pennsylvania > Fiction.
Conduct of life > Fiction.
Moving, Household > Fiction.
African Americans > Fiction.
Philadelphia (Pa.) > Fiction.
Realistic fiction.
Fathers and sons > Juvenile fiction.
Horses > Juvenile fiction.
City and town life > Pennsylvania > Juvenile fiction.
Conduct of life > Juvenile fiction.
Moving, Household > Juvenile fiction.
African Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Philadelphia (Pa.) > Juvenile fiction.
Description
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.
Physical Description:218 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
ISBN:9780763649227
0763649228