The kid a novel
Record details
- ISBN: 9780307939982 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 0307939987 (electronic bk.)
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Physical Description:
electronic resource
remote
1 sound file (ca. 13 hr., 39 min.) : digital. - Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: [New York, N.Y] : Books on Tape, p2011.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Duration: 13:39:47. Sequel to: Push. Title from: Title details screen. Release date supplied by publisher. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Read by the author. |
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Subject: | African American boys -- Fiction African Americans -- Fiction Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction |
Genre: | Bildungsromans. Audiobooks. Downloadable audiobooks. Electronic books. |
Other Formats and Editions
- Findaway World Llc
In The Kid bestselling author Sapphire tells the electrifying story of Abdul Jones, the son of Pushâs unforgettable heroine, Precious.
A story of body and spirit, rooted in the hungers of flesh and of the soul, The Kid brings us deep into the interior life of Abdul Jones. We meet him at age nine, on the day of his motherâs funeral. Left alone to navigate a world in which love and hate sometimes hideously masquerade, forced to confront unspeakable violence, his history, and the dark corners of his own heart, Abdul claws his way toward adulthood and toward an identity he can stand behind.
In a generational story that moves with the speed of thought from a Mississippi dirt farm to Harlem in its heyday; from a troubled Catholic orphanage to downtown artistâs lofts, The Kid tells of a twenty- first-century young manâs fight to find a way toward the future. A testament to the ferocity of the human spirit and the deep nourishing power of love and of art, The Kid chronicles a young man about to take flight. In the intimate, terrifying, and deeply alive story of Abdulâs journey, we are witness to an artistâs birth by fire.