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The Moves Make the Man (Library Binding)

by Bruce Brooks (Author) "Now, Bix Rivers has disappeared, and who do you think is going to tell his story but me?..." (more)
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Editorial Reviews
Product Description
"Brooks's fine first novel has a baskeball theme and plenty of action, but sport is merely the vehicle for delivering a serious story of friendship and madness." ' SLJ.

"Brilliant sportswriting and a trenchant examination of the friendship between narrator Jerome Foxworthy [an African-American seventh-grader] and Bix, a white boy in trouble." ' BL.

1985 Newbery Honor Book
Notable Children's Books of 1984 (ALA)
1985 Best Books for Young Adults (ALA)
1985 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for Fiction
Best Books of 1984 (SLJ)
100 Favorite Paperbacks 1989 (IRA/CBC)
"Best of the 80's" Young Adult Novels (English Journal)

Card catalog description
A Black boy and an emotionally troubled white boy in North Carolina form a precarious friendship. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details
  • Reading level: Young Adult
  • Library Binding: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Laura Geringer (September 26, 1984)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0060206985
  • ISBN-13: 978-0060206987
  • Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.7 x 1.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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