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Somewhere In The Darkness

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By Walter Dean Myers
Publisher Scholastic Press
Somewhere In The Darkness
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Jimmys doing all right. Hes fourteen, lives in Harlem with Mama Jean, and is managing to hold his own in a tough and brutal world. One day Jimmys world changes when, in a dark hallway of his apartment building, a tall, thin man appears. The man is his father, Crab, who left nine years ago.Crab wants to be part of Jimmys life again, but Jimmys not so sure what he wants.

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41663 words41,663 words
176 pages176 pages
Lexile 640LLexile 640L
Grade 7 to 9Grade 7 to 9
Age 12-14Age 12-14
Published 1997Published 1997

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Book ISBN:

0590341863

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