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all in Clifton’s characteristic style―a voice that the late Toni Morrison described as “seductive with the simplicity of an atom

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Babylon Boyz (Original) Greenwillow Books all in Clifton’s characteristic style―aSupplier: Aladdin Paperbacks In this tense teen novel, three struggling boys in embattled West Oakland are faced with a choice sure to change their livesfor better or worse. Dante, Pook, and Wyatt are eighth graders in a rundown school in West Oakland, California, plagued by guns, gangs, drugs, and violence, all overseen by inept or indifferent teachers. The three friends are used to only being able to react to the world around them, dodging blows