A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich by Alice Childress

A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich

Alice Childress

128 pages first pub 1973 (editions)

fiction young adult reflective medium-paced

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The story of Benjie Johnson, a thirteen-year-old heroin addict in Harlem, is told from various viewpoints, including his own. Benjie tells of his introduction to drugs and his feelings about school, his mother, his grandmother, his stepfather, his...

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