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Joseph Reprint Edition
Contributor(s): Moses, Shelia P. (Author)

ISBN: 1416994424 ISBN-13: 9781416994428
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books

OUR PRICE: $7.64

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: March 2010
* Out of Print *

Annotation: National Book Award finalist Shelia P. Moses' "Joseph "is a powerful and moving story about what it really takes for a boy to begin to become a man.

Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Homelessness & Poverty
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Drugs, Alcohol, Substance Abuse
- Juvenile Fiction | Family - Parents

Dewey: FIC

LCCN: 2007046464

Age Level: 12-15

Grade Level: 7-10

Lexile Measure: 770(Not Available)

Physical Information: 0.55" H x 5.6" W x 8.22" L (0.39 lbs) 208 pages

Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
- Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age
- Topical - Teen

Features: Ikids, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 126672
Reading Level: 4.5 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 4.0

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:
A teen boy has to fight for the life he wants against overwhelming odds in this heartfelt young adult novel.

Fourteen-year-old Joseph Flood is the victim of his mother Betty's addictions to crack and alcohol. An African American boy living in a North Carolina ghetto neighborhood, Joseph has little chance for survival if his soldier father doesn't come home soon from Iraq to sort out the mess Betty has gotten them in.

Living in a shelter and being bussed to yet another new school, Joseph's life looks like it's hitting rock bottom. He's afraid to leave his mother, but he knows he needs to find his own path before it's too late.

Contributor Bio(s): Moses, Shelia P.: - Poet, author, playwright, and producer Shelia P. Moses was raised the ninth of ten children on Rehobeth Road in Rich Square, North Carolina. She is the coauthor of Dick Gregory's memoir, Callus on My Soul, as well as the award-winning author of several books for young readers: The Legend of Buddy Bush; The Return of Buddy Bush; I, Dred Scott: A Fictional Slave Narrative Based on the Life and Legal Precedent of Dred Scott; and The Baptism. Shelia lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

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