Bibliograph

Black brother, black brother, by Jewell Parker Rhodes

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Black brother, black brother, by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Black brother, black brother

Responsibility statement

by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Summary

Sometimes, 12-year-old Donte wishes he were invisible. As one of the few black boys at Middlefield Prep, most of the students don't look like him. They don't like him either. Dubbing him "Black Brother," Donte's teachers and classmates make it clear they wish he were more like his lighter-skinned brother, Trey. When he's bullied and framed by the captain of the fencing team, "King" Alan, he's suspended from school and arrested for something he didn't do. Terrified, searching for a place where he belongs, Donte joins a local youth center and meets former Olympic fencer Arden Jones. With Arden's help, he begins training as a competitive fencer, setting his sights on taking down the fencing team captain, no matter what

Target audience

adolescent

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