The boy in the black suit / Jason Reynolds.
Soon after his mother's death, Matt takes a job at a funeral home in his tough Brooklyn neighborhood and, while attending and assisting with funerals, begins to accept her death and his responsibilities as a man.
Record details
- ISBN: 1442459506
- ISBN: 1442459514
- ISBN: 9781442459502
- ISBN: 9781442459519
- Physical Description: 255 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2015]
- Copyright: ©2015
Content descriptions
- Target Audience Note:
- HL760L Lexile
- Study Program Information Note:
- Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 4.8 10 171390.
- Awards Note:
- Coretta Scott King Honor Award.
Search for related items by subject
- Subject:
- African American teenagers > Fiction.
African Americans > Fiction.
Families > New York (State) > Brooklyn > Fiction.
Funeral homes > Fiction.
Funeral rites and ceremonies > Fiction.
Grief in adolescence > Fiction.
Grief > Fiction.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) > Fiction. - Genre:
- Young adult fiction.
Available copies
- 36 of 37 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library. (Show)
Holds
- 0 current holds with 37 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Jacksonville Main Library | YA FIC REYNOLDS (Text) | 36015000677662 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Barco Library | TEEN F REY (Text) | 39488200990747 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Camden County Library | TEEN F REY (Text) | 39488900161011 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Columbus Library | YA F REY (Text) | 31250200030732 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Danbury Public Library | YA REYNOLDS (Text) | 30672100337021 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| East Regional Library | TEEN REYNOLDS (Text) | 31781061777304 | Young Adult Fiction | Checked out | 08/11/2026 |
| Elkin Public Library | YA REYNOLDS (Text) | 30499100504487 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Goldsboro Library | YA REY (Text) | 900000000309501 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Hazel W. Guilford Memorial Library | YA FIC (Text) | 38344101559860 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Hoke County Public Library | YA FIC REYNOLDS (Text) | 28198000108845 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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Summary:
Soon after his mother's death, Matt takes a job at a funeral home in his tough Brooklyn neighborhood and, while attending and assisting with funerals, begins to accept her death and his responsibilities as a man.
