book cover of Nitty Gritty
 

Nitty Gritty

(1968)
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Torn between a desire to stay in school and his father's insistence that it is a waste of time, a black boy decides to quit school and go into business with the uncle he worships. When the venture fails and his uncle deserts him, the boy faces reality with a new maturity.A Negro boy learns about the cruelty of reality from his Uncle Baren


Genre: Children's Fiction

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