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008			150130t20152014nyua 000 0beng d
020			_a9781476731919
035			_a(OCoLC)902020246
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050	1	4	_aE185.97.P38 _bH63 2015
082	0	4	_a974.9/044092 _aB _223
100	1		_aHobbs, Jeff, _d1980- _eauthor. _943553
245	1	4	_aThe short and tragic life of Robert Peace : _ba brilliant young man who left Newark for the Ivy League / _cJeff Hobbs.
250			_aFirst Scribner trade paperback edition.
300			_axii, 406 pages, 13 unnumbered pages : _billustrations ; _c22 cm.
500			_aIncludes a reading group guide and Q&A with author.
520			_aA compelling and honest portrait of Robert's relationships--with his struggling mother, with his incarcerated father, with his teachers and friends--The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace encompasses the most enduring conflicts in America: race, class, drugs, community, imprisonment, education, family, friendship, and love. It's about the collision of two fiercely insular worlds--the ivy-covered campus of Yale University and the slums of Newark, New Jersey, and the difficulty of going from one to the other and then back again. It's about trying to live a decent life in America. But most all this "fresh, compelling" (The Washington Post) story is about the tragic life of one singular brilliant young man. His end, a violent one, is heartbreaking and powerful and "a haunting American tragedy for our times" (Entertainment Weekly).
521	8		_a1220 _bLexile.
600	1	0	_aPeace, Robert, _d1980-2011. _943554
600	1	0	_aHobbs, Jeff, _d1980- _xFriends and associates. _943555
610	2	0	_aYale University _xAlumni and alumnae _vBiography. _943556
650		0	_aWorking class African Americans _vBiography. _943557
650		0	_aAfrican American college graduates _vBiography. _943558
650		0	_aDrug dealers _zNew Jersey _vBiography. _943559
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