Book 2011

Ghetto cowboy

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Publisher: Candlewick Press
Language: English
Published: 2011

Horses
Conduct of life
Household Moving
African Americans
Fathers and sons
City and town life
Fiction
Moving, household

Twelve-year-old Cole's behavior causes his mother to drive him from Detroit to Philadelphia to live with a father he has never known, but who soon has Cole involved with a group of African-American "cowboys" who rescue horses and use them to steer youths away from drugs and gangs.