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An edition of Reaps (2011)

Reaps

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Reaps is a collection of ghost and supernatural tales... though several don’t need ghosts to be scary. Most feature a rarity in the genre of young-adult books... young black male protagonists resourceful, brave and intelligent, and many in settings other than the inner-city.

Examples of other settings where young black males encounter ghosts, deal with hauntings -- benign or malignant -- vanquish demons, and Satan Himself, are “Goat Boy” somewhere in America’s heartland, “Children Of Death," which takes place in Haiti, “The Train To Lost Lake,” in a forest in Maine, and “The Picture” set in a “nice little town.”

Stories which may or may not feature ghosts but are haunting nevertheless, include “Spontaneous Combustion,” a gothic-themed reminder that hate still haunts this world, as well as the “The Execution” which is hauntingly surreal. Homelessness can also be scary, especially to an 8-year-old-boy who may be dying of pneumonia in an abandoned funeral parlor.

Jess Mowry does not take the safe route, whether walking through a graveyard at night or an inner-city alley; and neither are his characters the safe and stereotypical heroes who look the parts and play the roles allowed by the mainstream guardians of what young people “should” read. Most are on the verge of manhood and without guides, either spiritual or real, who find they must become their own heroes, and seek their own light in a dark scary world.

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Publisher
Anubis
Language
English
Pages
179

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Reaps
2017, Anubis
Trade Paper in English
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Reaps
June, 2011, Anubis
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First Sentence

"It had been raining for several days, that dreary kind of drenching rain that falls with drumming monotony, finds every leak in rotten old roofs, traps careless rats in flooded basements, and drowns the small and helpless."

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U.S.A.
Copyright Date
2017

The Physical Object

Format
Trade Paper
Number of pages
179
Dimensions
8 x 5.25 x inches

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26221483M
ISBN 10
0998557994
ISBN 13
9780998557991

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August 25, 2019 Edited by Jess Mowry Update covers
August 25, 2019 Edited by Jess Mowry Added new cover
February 2, 2019 Edited by Jess Mowry Added author site link
February 3, 2017 Edited by Jess Mowry Update covers
June 29, 2011 Created by Jess Mowry Added new book.