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Native Son
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Caedmon 2009
Accelerated Reader:
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 24
Lexile measure:
700L
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Description

"If one had to identify the single most influential shaping force in modern Black literary history, one would probably have to point to Wright and the publication of Native Son." – Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Right from the start, Bigger Thomas had been headed for jail. It could have been for assault or petty larceny; by chance, it was for murder and rape. Native Son tells the story of this young black man caught in a downward spiral after he kills a young white woman in a brief moment of panic.

Set in Chicago in the 1930s, Richard Wright's powerful novel is an unsparing reflection on the poverty and feelings of hopelessness experienced by people in inner cities across the country and of what it means to be black in America.

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Format:
OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, OverDrive Listen
Edition:
Unabridged
Street Date:
04/28/2009
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780060886394
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 6.1, 24 Points
Lexile measure:
700
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APA Citation (style guide)

Richard Wright. (2009). Native Son. Unabridged Caedmon.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Richard Wright. 2009. Native Son. Caedmon.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Richard Wright, Native Son. Caedmon, 2009.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Richard Wright. Native Son. Unabridged Caedmon, 2009.

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