A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich

A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich

A thirteen-year-old Black youth, on the verge of being hooked on heroin, expresses his ideas and emotions about ghetto life

A Hero Ain't Nothin' But A Sandwich

Teen & Young Adult

Childress, Alice

Literature & Fiction

Avon/Books

A Short Walk is a sweeping epic novel, which captures the movement of black Americans from the rural south to the urban north.Cora James, born to a black woman who has had a love affair with a white man, grows up poor in South Carolina, marries an abusive—albeit, wealthy—preacher, and escapes from him by going north to Harlem. There she earns money dealing cards and performing in a number of traveling vaudeville shows. She survives the Great Depression, and experiences life as a wife, mother, lover, actress, and independent businesswoman. Torn between befriending Filipino and white neighbors, and the view of the Black Nationalist Marcus Garvey movement, Cora survives divisive politics and learns that since "Life is just a short walk from the cradle to the grave... it sure behooves us to be kind to one another along the way."

Short Walk

Rainbow Jordan

Here is Rainbow Jordan: too brave to be a child, too scared to be a woman. "Powerful, eloquent, revealing...the memory of this exceptional heroine is likely to linger a long time."

HarperTeen

Wedding Band: A Love/Hate Story in Black and White

Dramas & Plays

Concord Theatricals

A talented and experienced Black actress has been cast in Chaos in Belleville, an anti-lynching play set to open on Broadway. She's paid her dues throughout the years, playing stereotypical supporting roles in second-rate shows, and is ready for her star turn. Chaos in Belleville, written by a white playwright, might not be quite as enlightened a piece as she's been hoping for - but that doesn't mean it won't sell out. And selling out is the question at the heart of Alice Childress's comedy-drama. A cast of multigenerational Black actors rehearse under the purview of a white director and stage manager, and as the rehearsal process unfolds, theatre conventions and racial politics collide, resulting in a surprisingly funny yet deeply piercing look at the entertainment industry.

Trouble in Mind

Fourteen-year-old Rainbow Jordan is left alone by her mother, Kathie, who alternately loves and resents her daughter and Social Services sends Rainbow to stay with Miss Josephine

Demco Media

A thirteen-year-old Black youth, on the verge of being hooked on heroin, expresses his ideas and emotions about ghetto life

Born in turn-of-the-century Charleston to a white man and Black girl, Cora James flees to New York to escape from an impossible marriage, enjoys for a time a free and easy life of card dealing and flirtation, and struggles to turn her dreams into realities

A Short Walk

Putnam Pub. Group

Benjie can stop using heroin anytime he wants to. He just doesn't want to yet. Why would he want to give up something that makes him feel so good, so relaxed, so tuned-out? As Benjie sees it, there's nothing much to tune in for. School is a waste of time, and home life isn't much better. All Benjie wants is for someone to believe in him, for someone to believe that he's more than a thirteen-year-old junkie. Told from the perspectives of the people in his life-including his mother, stepfather, teachers, drug dealer, and best friend-this powerful story will draw you into Benjie's troubled world and force you to confront the uncertainty of his future.

Puffin Books

A thirteen-year-old Black youth who is on the verge of being hooked on heroin expresses his thoughts and his emotions about ghetto life

Putnam Juvenile

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A Hero Ain't Nothin' But A Sandwich

Short Walk

Rainbow Jordan

Wedding Band: A Love/Hate Story in Black and White

Trouble in Mind

Rainbow Jordan

A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich

A Short Walk

A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich

A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich