The Boy in the Black Suit
by Reynolds, Jason
BCCB Blue Ribbon BookCoretta Scott King Award/HonorsGriefBlack PeopleJunior Library Guild Selection12YALSA Best Fiction for Young AdultsNew York
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AR Book Level
4.8
AR Points
10
Word Count
67,181
Interest Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Genre
Fiction
AR Quiz #
351012 EN
About this book
Soon after his mother's death, Matt takes a job at a funeral home in his tough Brooklyn neighbourhood and begins to accept her death and his responsibilities as a man. Contains profanity and mild violence. Themes include alcoholism.