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In 1972 Lorene Cary, a bright, ambitious black teenager from Philadelphia, was transplanted into the formerly all-white, all-male environs of the elite St. Paul's School in New Hampshire, where she became a scholarship student in a "boot camp" for future American leaders. Like any good... read more
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- St. Paul: Add a description of this character.
- Ricky
- Mr. Price
- Jimmy
- Booker
- Mr. Hawley
- Fumiko
- Janie
- Mr. Oates
- Carole
- Mama
- Mike Russell
- Libby
- Mrs. Evans
- Anthony
- Mr. Dick
- Simpson
- Pam Hudson
- Yeadon
- Alma
- Ruthie
- Miss Deane
- Karen
- Izzy
- Mr. Shipman
- John Walker
- Grace
- Tillich
- Fuster
- Miss Clinton
- Horace
- Maldonado
- Nana Hamilton
- Sara
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I had never heard of St. Paul's School until Mrs. Evans rang to tell me about it one fall night in 1971.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Lorene Cary (Author)
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 373.18296073
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- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › United States › African American
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Specific Groups › Women
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Professionals & Academics › Educators
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Ethnic & National
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