Appeal Characteristics: urban cowboys, father-son relationship, black male relationships, urban life, gangs, truancy, mother-son relationship, coming of age storyThis book reminded me sorta of an urbanized Hoot. It is actually based on a real place that specifically caters to urban males to help th...
This was a cute kid's book. I'm going to see if Henry Winkler wrote anything else--you can really hear his voice in the book, it reads like a friendly, cute sitcom that he would play in.I would also recommend this to anyone with a child with a learning difference.
A wonderful, uplifting story about a young man who makes connections and finds direction in his life when he goes to live with his father in Philadelphia and learns the ways of the inner city cowboy.