A Lesson Before Dying

From the author of A Gathering of Old Men and The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman comes a deep and compassionate novel, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award. A young man who returns to 1940s Cajun country to teach visits a black youth on death row for a crime he didn't commit. Together they come to understand the heroism of resisting. Binding Type: PaperbackPublisher: VintagePublished: 09/28/1997ISBN: 9780375702709Pages: 272Weight: 0.45lbsSize: 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.70dAward: National Book Critics Circle Award - WinnerAccelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 10287 / Lesson Before DyingReading Level: 4.4 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 11