Six Out Seven - Softcover

Mowry, Jess

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ISBN 10: 0385475349 ISBN 13: 9780385475341

Publisher: Anchor Books, 1994

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Fleeing from Mississippi to California following the arrest of his father, Corbitt, a young Black boy, is plunged into a nightmare world of drugs, violence, and poverty

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About the Author:

Jess Mowry was born in Mississipi in 1960 and raised in Oakland, California by his father. He has been a drug dealer's bodyguard, made his living from collecting scrap metal, and worked in a centre for street kids. In 1988 he bought a typewriter for eight dollars and began writing, His stories have been published in literary magazines and the collection Rats in the Trees won a Pen/Josephine Miles Award. He has written two novels, Children of the Night and Way Past Cool, and lives in Oakland.

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-year-old Corbitt Wainwright's adolescence is abruptly cut short when his father is imprisoned for attacking a white man. Tragically, dreams of success through good grades and hard work are wiped aside as white society shows him, out of both kindness and malice, that poor black kids in Mississippi don't have much of a hand in creating their own destinies. Refusing to accept this allotted role, and after a deadly confrontation with his father's accuser, Corbitt sets out for California, the land of opportunity and racial equality. Upon his arrival in West Oakland, a whole other world awaits. This is a world populated by gangs and crack dealers, violent cops and street kids, and one where the future seems even bleaker than it does back at home. Against the odds, he helps some of the local homeboys overcome one of their many predators and discovers the power of his African heritage. Finally, he learns to trust his own strength.

Filled wit

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