The Nitty Gritty
Frank Bonham
Paperback
(Laurel Leaf Books, April 1, 1971)
Torn between a desire to stay in school and his father's insistence that it is a waste of time, a black boy decides to quit school and go into business with the uncle he worships. When the venture fails and his uncle deserts him, the boy faces reality with a new maturity.A Negro boy learns about the cruelty of reality from his Uncle Baren