Richard Wright and the Library Card
Richard Wright, African American author ofBlack BoyandNative Son, grew up in the segregated South of  the 1920s. His formal education ended after he completed the ninth grade, but gaining access to the public  library with the help of a white coworker opened up a new world of books for him, eventually inspiring  him to become a writer.Richard Wright and the Library Cardis a fictionalized account of this  powerful story, deftly adapted by William Miller from a scene inBlack Boy.Miller--a professor of African American literature and author of the critically acclaimedFrederick Douglass: The Last Day of Slavery,A House by the River, andZora Hurston and the Chinaberry Tree-- masterfully builds suspense, as readers wonder how the young African American will quench his thirst for books without being busted by the local white librarian. Wright's story is perfectly complemented by the work of Gregory Christie, winner of the 1997 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Award forPalm of My Heart.(Ages 5 to 9)--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.