Rite of Passage

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Summary: Rite of Passage
Review: In Rite of Passage by Richard Wright, Johnny Gibbs has a wonderful life: he gets all A's in school, has great friends, and he loves his family. But his whole life changes in an instant. Rushing home with the thought of his mother's delicious stew in mind, he finds out that the family he had known and loved his entire life, were not his own. They were his foster family, and he is shocked to find out, too, that he is being sent away to live with another, brand-new, family. Johnny has no other choice but to run. In one single day his life seems to take a wrong and drastic turn, and his world becomes an inescapable bad dream.

I recommend reading Rite of Passage because of its simple but involving story, exciting events, and the lessons it teaches the reader about life, family, and love. You feel like you're right beside Johnny as he goes through his "rite of passage." You get close to him, understand his character, and feel his pain.

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Summary: Pretty good book
Review: Overall I liked "Rite of passage." I thought it was a pretty good book, and would recommend it to any upper level middle school age kids. The only reason I say you should be a little older, is that younger children may not be able to understand the idea the book is trying to give. I am not saying it is a hard read because it isn't by any means. Younger children just may not get it. Other than that have fun reading Richard Wright's "Rite of passage."

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Summary: Rite of Passage
Review: Rite of Passage is a book written by Richard Wright one of the worlds greatest authors. It takes place around the 1950's.This book is about a teenager who at the age of 15 finds out that the family he has been with all his life is not his real family, because of this he becomes real angry and runs away from his home to find what happens next think that you should read the rest of the book.

I like this book because it shows lots of stuff about real life. This book is also very interesting because it can also be reality; it made me feel like if I was in his place I also read it because it was written by Richard Wright.

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Summary: Rite of Passage - a one day journey
Review: Rite of Passage is a short book that takes place over the period of one day. Johnny, a fifteen year-old goes from goody-goody two shoes teacher's pet momma's boy to knife fight"don't mess with me or I'll cut you up" gangster boy. The story started with Johnny getting straight A's in school, walking home to his bowl of soup waiting for him. When he gets there, he finds out his parents aren't his real parents. He is going to go to another foster home. His "parents" were supposed to tell him a year earlier, and they never did. He waited in disbelief and anxiousness until his new parents arrived, then he had no other choice in mind and ran. He ran to his best friend, Billy, who let him join his gang, that Johnny never knew about. He had stolen some candy bars to live off of and Billy's gang let him join after he spared their leader in a death fight. He later went out mugging people for money, and it ended when he went to sleep. It ended very abruptly, and went very fast. It was kind of hard to follow, and had some strange moments. I would recommend this book to people that like a book with a very realistic look on life. It was a good book, but I wouldn't have wanted to read it if I didn't have to.


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Summary: review rite of passage
Review: the book was a little strange but it was interesting. I would recomend it for any one that likes a short book that will keep them interested. the book has its own twist on life and it works for the author. this is the only book that i have read compleatly.

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Summary: The book was great...
Review: The book, Rite of Passage was great, but it leaves off something. Something about this book is missing at the end. It never tells what happends to Johnny after what he and his gang friends did. But i give this book five stars because it was great. i could not put this book down.

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Summary: Good book = bad ending
Review: This book is great, untill you get to the last chapter in which johnny is contemplating if he should tell the rest of the moochers about the lady who yelled at them when they mugged some guy...I think the lady was made up, johnny wanted to get caught so he could go to a loving family than living a gangsters life, this book is good but I think it has not been finished..

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Summary: Great!
Review: This book was very interesting and action packed! I think every one should read this book!