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The short and tragic life of Robert Peace, a brilliant young man who left Newark for the Ivy League, Jeff Hobbs

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The short and tragic life of Robert Peace, a brilliant young man who left Newark for the Ivy League, Jeff Hobbs
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eng
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individual biography
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no index present
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Adult, Follett Library ResourcesAdult
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non fiction
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The short and tragic life of Robert Peace
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1026670581
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Library Journal, September 2014Booklist starred, September 2014Pub Weekly, July 2014Kirkus Starred, August 2014Library JournalBooklist starredPub Weekly
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Jeff Hobbs
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a brilliant young man who left Newark for the Ivy League
Summary
Looks at the life of Robert Peace, who was born outside Newark in a ghetto known as "Illtown," earned a full scholarship to Yale University, and graduated. He returned home and taught at a Catholic high school, but was killed at the age of thirty in a drug-related shooting
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Short & tragic life of Robert Peace
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