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Clayton Byrd goes underground / Rita Williams-Garcia ; illustrations by Frank Morrison

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextEdition: First editionDescription: 166 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780062215918
  • 0062215914
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • FIC WIL 23
LOC classification:
  • PZ7.W6713 Cl 2017
Summary: Clayton feels most alive when he's with his grandfather, Cool Papa Byrd, and the band of Bluesmen -- he can't wait to join them, just as soon as he has a blues song of his own. But then the unthinkable happens. Cool Papa Byrd dies, and Clayton's mother forbids Clayton from playing the blues. And Clayton knows that's no way to live. Armed with his grandfather's brown porkpie hat and his harmonica, he runs away from home in search of the Bluesmen, hoping he can join them on the road. But on the journey that takes him through the New York City subways and to Washington Square Park, Clayton learns some things that surprise him
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Fiction MVS Library Curved Riser Shelves F- Fiction (Juvenile) FIC WIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available National Book Award Finalist 4008843
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FIC WIL Leepike Ridge FIC Wil One crazy summer / FIC WIL Genesis begins again / FIC WIL Clayton Byrd goes underground / FIC WIL West of the sea / FIC WIL Just Lizzie / FIC WIN Tanglewreck

Clayton feels most alive when he's with his grandfather, Cool Papa Byrd, and the band of Bluesmen -- he can't wait to join them, just as soon as he has a blues song of his own. But then the unthinkable happens. Cool Papa Byrd dies, and Clayton's mother forbids Clayton from playing the blues. And Clayton knows that's no way to live. Armed with his grandfather's brown porkpie hat and his harmonica, he runs away from home in search of the Bluesmen, hoping he can join them on the road. But on the journey that takes him through the New York City subways and to Washington Square Park, Clayton learns some things that surprise him

Ages 8-12

Accelerated Reader MG 4.4 4.0 189070 EN

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