In a small New York town divided by race in the 1950s, a young African-American basketball player risks his life to protect Iris Courtney, a white girl pursued by a malicious classmate, and, in doing so, forms a bond of secrecy that will stay with them both through adulthood.
year: 1991, 1990
call number/section: 1000
subjects: family, new york (state), fiction, african americans, homicide, new york (state), race relations, fiction
Editions
Oates, Joyce Carol
Plume (1991)
In a small New York town divided by race in the 1950s, a young African-American basketball player risks his life to protect Iris Courtney, a white girl pursued by a malicious classmate, and, in doing so, forms a bond of secrecy that will stay with them both through adulthood.
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Oates, Joyce Carol
Dutton (1990)
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Oates, Joyce Carol
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Oates, Joyce Carol
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