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I wrote Birthday Boy,
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This review is from: Birthday Boy: Reading Level 3 (Sundown Books) (Hardcover)
I wrote Birthday Boy while I was living on the farm in 1982 and didn't sell it until 1988. It went through several printings and every single copy of both printings was sold; none were ever remaindered.But new editors at New Readers Press decided they wanted to only publish dumbed down books from already famous authors. Thus Birthday Boy was allowed to go out of print. I and a great many others used this book to teach numerous people how to read. It is the story of a tough orphaned black kid, Jackson Oaks, who never had a birthday. Jackie eventually becomes a boxer, a pro. This book was always especially popular with my students when I taught horticulture in a prison. Birthday Boy is also a story that is real and one that has made many a reader cry. I remember when the tough as nails ex-Middleweight Champion of the world, Carmen Bassilio, read this book in manuscript. Asked by my editor, what he thought of it and if it rang true, he said: "Yeah, sure it does. I liked it. A lot." Having boxed myself and having great respect for fighters, especially for Bassilio, I have always been quite proud of his response. If you know a boy or a young man who is having an especially difficult time learning to read---work with him and have him read Birthday Boy (if you can find a copy). I still get feedback from people who read and loved this, and often it was the first book that they had ever actually read, enjoyed, and finished.
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