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My Man Blue
by Grimes, Nikki (Poems); Jerome Lagarrigue (Pictures)
- Used
- near fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0142301973
- ISBN 13
- 9780142301975
- Seller
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Puffin Books, 1999. First printing. Near Fine. Paperback, inscribed by Grimes.
Synopsis
Damon & Blue Just us two Cruising up the avenue. With his night-and-day shades and a frame like a "heavyweight boxing machine," it might seem like this guy would be someone to steer clear of....But that's not the way it is. Blue is the best friend a kid could ever have. Blue, who lost one boy to the streets-and is determined that this time will be different. And Damon, whose laugh reminds him of that child, and who, even though he's the "man of the house," knows there's room for a guy like Blue in his life. To shoot hoops with, bounce thoughts off of, to share a laugh and a hot dog with all the works. And to know that at the end of the day there's someone standing steadfast in his corner. Someone true...like Blue. Drawing on those friendships that have inspired her own extraordinary life, Nikki Grimes creates a poetically realistic tale of that joyous, complicated bond that draws us, one to another. To this Jerome Lagarrigue , in a truly wondrous picture book debut, adds powerful and sensitive paintings that capture the rich moods and atmospheres of the story's Harlem setting.
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- Bookseller
- Common Crow Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- s00031593
- Title
- My Man Blue
- Author
- Grimes, Nikki (Poems); Jerome Lagarrigue (Pictures)
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0142301973
- ISBN 13
- 9780142301975
- Publisher
- Puffin Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- Poems, African American, Race, Masculinity, Friendship
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