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Boy in the black suit
Author: Reynolds, Jason

Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers (2015)

Classification: Fiction
Physical Description: 255 p., 22 cm.

BTSB No: 748510

ISBN: 9781442459502

Ages: 12-16

Grades: 7-11

Subjects:
Funeral homes -- Fiction
Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Fiction
Grief -- Fiction
African Americans -- Fiction
Family life -- New York (State) -- Brooklyn -- Fiction
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction

Price: $10.65

Summary:
Soon after his mother's death, Matt takes a job at a funeral home in his tough Brooklyn neighborhood and, while attending and assisting with funerals, begins to accept her death and his responsibilities as a man.

Accelerated Reader Information:
   Interest Level: MG+
   Reading Level: 4.80
   Points: 10.0   Quiz: 171390

Reading Counts Information:
   Interest Level: 9-12
   Reading Level: 5.60
   Points: 17.0   Quiz: 64253

Awards:
Coretta Scott King Author Honor, 2016

Reviews:
School Library Journal (00/10/14)
Booklist (02/01/15)
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (+) (00/02/15)

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