Book
Black Boy
- Published
- 1945
- Genre
- Biography
- Publisher
- Turtleback
- Pages
- 419
- URL
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/228630.Black_Boy?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_9
Reading measures
- Lexile
- 950L
- Suggested reading age
- ages 16–18
- Ambleside year
- Year 11 onwards · ages 16–19
An Ambleside year is a year of the Ambleside Online programme, not a reader's age. Year 0 is its first year, and a book used over several years shows the span. The ages beside it are that band offered two grades up and none down, which is how we offer a band; they are a placement, not a reading measure.
Black Boy is a classic of American autobiography, a subtly crafted narrative of Richard Wright's journey from innocence to experience in the Jim Crow South. An enduring story of one young man's coming of age during a particular time and place, Black Boy remains a seminal text in our history about what it means to be a man, black, and Southern in America.
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9780606004039
- ISBN-10
- 0606004033
Tags
AutobiographyBiographies/Autobiographies-Biographies/Autobiographies (All)ClassicsCommon Core State Standards Appendix B Titles-CCSS Grade Band 11-CCRJim CrowRecommended Reading-ALA Outstanding Books for the College BoundRecommended Reading-California Recommended Lit., English, 9-12Social Issues-Minority RightsSouthUnited States of America