Screen LibraryThe moves make the man : a novel /
A black boy and an emotionally troubled white boy in North Carolina form a precarious friendship. Brooks' fine first novel has a basketball theme and plenty of action, but sport is merely the vehicle for delivering a serious story of friendship and madness. Brilliant sportswriting and a trencha...
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HarperTrophy,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: |
1987. ©1984 |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 1st HarperTrophy ed. |
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| Summary: |
A black boy and an emotionally troubled white boy in North Carolina form a precarious friendship. Brooks' fine first novel has a basketball theme and plenty of action, but sport is merely the vehicle for delivering a serious story of friendship and madness. Brilliant sportswriting and a trenchant examination of the friendship between (the) narrator and a white boy in trouble. |
| Carrier Form: | 280 pages ; 20 cm |
| Awards: | Newbery Honor Book, 1985. |
| ISBN: |
0064405648 9780064405645 9780613867115 0613867114 |
| Index Number: | PZ7 |
| CLC: | I712.84 |
| Call Number: | I712.84/B873-3 |