Discovering Wes Moore, Wes Moore
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Discovering Wes Moore, Wes Moore
Language
eng
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7-12
Literary text for sound recordings
biography
Main title
Discovering Wes Moore
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sound recording audiobook download
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Wes Moore
Summary
Through the telling of events from his own life, Wes Moore (author of the bestselling adult title The Other Wes Moore) explores the issues that separate success and failure. He also counterpoints his story with another man, someone who shared the same name, was almost the same age, grew up fatherless in a similar Baltimore neighborhood, but is serving a life sentence for murder. Compelled to write to the other Wes, the author was surprised to receive a reply..
Table Of Contents
For keeps -- Courtside in the Bronx -- The Chameleon -- Kid Kupid's Last strike -- Rookie -- Refuge -- Airborne -- History calling -- Watende -- The other Wes Moore -- Prodigal's return
Target audience
adolescent
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- African Americans + Social conditions -- 20th century
- African Americans -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- Moore, Wes, 1978- -- Childhood and youth
- Soldiers -- United States -- Biography
- Audiobooks
- African American men -- Biography
- Bronx (New York, N.Y.) -- Biography
- Youth + Conduct of life
- Baltimore (Md.) -- Biography
- Criminals -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- Biography
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- Contributor1
- Creator1
- Genre1
- Subject10
- African Americans + Social conditions -- 20th century
- African Americans -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- Moore, Wes, 1978- -- Childhood and youth
- Soldiers -- United States -- Biography
- Audiobooks
- African American men -- Biography
- Bronx (New York, N.Y.) -- Biography
- Youth + Conduct of life
- Baltimore (Md.) -- Biography
- Criminals -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- Biography
- Content1
- Other version1