Clayton Byrd goes underground

Title
Clayton Byrd goes underground

Author
Williams-Garcia, Rita author.

ISBN
9780062215918

Edition
First edition.

Physical Description
166 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Reading Level
710 L Lexile

Subject Term
Runaway children -- Fiction.
 
Blues musicians -- Fiction.
 
Blues (Music) -- Fiction.
 
Grandparent and child -- Fiction.
 
Grandfathers -- Death -- Fiction.
 
African Americans -- Fiction.
 
Bereavement -- Fiction.
 
Families -- Fiction.

Geographic Term
New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction.

Genre
Bildungsromans.

Added Author
Morrison, Frank, 1971-

Summary
Clayton feels most alive when he's with his grandfather, Cool Papa Byrd, and the band of Bluesmen. He can't wait to join them, just as soon as he has a blues song of his own. But then the unthinkable happens. Cool Papa Byrd dies, and Clayton's mother forbids Clayton from playing the blues. And Clayton knows that's no way to live. Armed with his grandfather's brown porkpie hat and his harmonica, he runs away from home in search of the Bluesmen, hoping he can join them on the road. But on the journey that takes him through the New York City subways and to Washington Square Park, Clayton learns some things that surprise him.


LibraryCall NumberStatus
Bayport Public LibraryJ FICTION WILChecked Out
Hardwood Creek Library (Forest Lake)J FICTION WILChildren's Fiction
Oakdale LibraryJ FICTION WILChildren's Fiction
Park Grove Library (Cottage Grove)J FICTION WILChildren's Fiction
Valley Library (Lakeland)J FICTION WILChildren's Fiction