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Plot Summary. Rita Williams-Garcia’s young adult novel Clayton Byrd Goes Underground (2017) was named a finalist for the National Book Award. Williams-Garcia is also a recipient of the Newbery Honor Award, Coretta Scott King Award, and Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction.
This Study Guide consists of approximately 55 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Clayton Byrd Goes Underground.
9 maj 2017 · Clayton Byrd Goes Underground. Rita Williams-Garcia. 3.79. 2,355 ratings440 reviews. From beloved Newbery Honor winner and three-time Coretta Scott King Award winner Rita Williams-Garcia comes a powerful and heartfelt novel about loss, family, and love that will appeal to fans of Jason Reynolds and Kwame Alexander.
9 maj 2017 · Clayton Byrd Goes Underground. From beloved Newbery Honor winner and three-time Coretta Scott King Award winner Rita Williams-Garcia comes a powerful and heartfelt novel about loss, family,...
Cool Papa Byrd dies, and Clayton’s mother forbids Clayton from playing the blues. And Clayton knows that’s no way to live. Armed with his grandfather’s brown porkpie hat and his harmonica, he runs away from home in search of the Bluesmen, hoping he can join them on the road.
Rita Williams-Garcia’s fiction young adult novel Clayton Byrd Goes Underground tells the story of Clayton and his adventures on the subway. Clayton is a boy who wants to become a professional musician - a bluesman - but his mother and school seem to get in the way.
9 maj 2017 · Kirkus Reviews' Best Books Of 2017. National Book Award Finalist. An African-American youngster is happiest when he can play his harmonica with his bluesman grandfather until tragedy removes the music from his life. Clayton Byrd idolizes his grandfather, a popular bluesman.
