description: "A fine novel."THE BOSTON HERALDPhotographer, writer, and composer, Gordon Parks has written a moving, true-to-life novel of growing up as a black man in this country in this century. Hailed by critics and readers alike, THE LEARNING TREE tells the extraordinary journey of a family as they struggle to understand the world around them and leave their mark a world that is better for their having been in it.
language: English
title: The Learning Tree
titlecomplete: The Learning Tree
genres: African American Literature, Banned Books, Novels, Young Adult, Classics, Historical Fiction, Fiction, African American, Adult Fiction, Coming Of Age
ratings_count: 1563
places: Kansas
publisher: Fawcett