As boy in the segregated South, young Richard Wright--now a noted American author--was determined to borrow books from the public library. Named a Smithsonian magazine Notable Book for Children. Color illustrations throughout.
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Based on a scene from Wright's autobiography, Black boy, in which the seventeen-year-old African-American borrows a white man's library card and devours every book as a ticket to freedom.
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