Fist Stick Knife Gun: A Personal History of Violence

Long before President Barack Obama praised his work as "an all-encompassing, all-hands-on-deck anti-poverty effort that is literally...
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Author: Geoffrey Canada
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Fist Stick Knife Gun: A Personal History of Violence by Canada, Geoffrey

Fist Stick Knife Gun: A Personal History of Violence

CHF 22.71

Fist Stick Knife Gun: A Personal History of Violence

CHF 22.71
Author: Geoffrey Canada
Format: Paperback
Language: English

Long before President Barack Obama praised his work as "an all-encompassing, all-hands-on-deck anti-poverty effort that is literally saving a generation of children," and First Lady Michelle Obama called him "one of my heroes," Geoffrey Canada was a small and scared boy growing up in the South Bronx. His childhood world was one where "sidewalk boys" learned the codes of the block and were ranked through the rituals of fist, stick, knife, and, finally, gun. In a stunning pairing, acclaimed comics creator Jamar Nicholas presents Canada's raw and riveting account, one of the most authentic and important true stories of urban violence ever told.



Author: Geoffrey Canada
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 09/14/2010
Pages: 124
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780807044490
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7.2
Point Value: 10
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 71293 / Fist Stick Knife Gun: A Personal History of Violence in America


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 10/04/2010
Booklist 11/15/2010 pg. 30
Library Journal 11/15/2010 pg. 54
Voice of Youth Advocates 12/01/2010 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Ebony 06/01/2013 pg. 131

About the Author

Geoffrey Canada is the president and CEO of Harlem Children's Zone, a nonprofit, community-based organization deemed "one of the most ambitious social experiments of our time" by the New York Times Magazine. Jonathan Kozol called him "one of the few authentic heroes of New York and one of the best friends children have, or ever will have, in our nation," and Oprah Winfrey simply refers to him as "an angel from God." Canada is featured in Davis Guggenheim's documentary Waiting for "Superman".

Jamar Nicholas is a Philadelphia-based artist and educator who has dedicated his career to empowering young people. Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Signe Wilkinson said about his work: "Nicholas has his pen on the pulse of everything worth watching."

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