Ghetto Cowboy (the inspiration for Concrete Cowboy) (Paperback)

from ewyatt

The audiobook was done well. Coltraine hadn't gone to 7th grade for several weeks when the truant officer found his mom. It was the final straw, she drove him from Detroit to Philadelphia to leave him with his dad whom he doesn't know. Harp is a leader of a group that had taken abandoned building...

from lilibrarian

Coltrane is 12 and his mom can't take it anymore. After he stops attending school, she drives from Detroit to Philadelphia to drop him at his father's place. He doesn't remember his father, and is surprised to discover that he is a cowboy, running an illegal stable in North Philadelphia. When the...

from scote23

Loved this book and I'm not even a horse person! I loved that it was based on actual urban horse farms, which I had no idea actually existed. If you get a chance to listen to the audiobook, it's quite good.

from smheatherly2

Coltrane is a lost soul, who has just been dumped on his father whom he's never met after his mother can no longer deal with his school truancy and trouble making. His father, Harper, is one who does not know how to care for other, but does for horses. Set in ghetto Philly, Harper teaches Coltran...

from KarenBall

"I ain't so bad, Mama. I can do better." She nod, fightin' for words. "I know you can, baby. You just need someone that can show you the way. But that ain't me no more, Cole." Cole has been suspended from school for truancy, and his mother is at the end of her rope. Her solution is to drive Cole ...