Ghetto Cowboy (18 page)
Authors: G. Neri
Jesse Joshua Watson
is a
New York Times
best-selling illustrator whose work includes
Chess Rumble, I and I: Bob Marley,
and the Hank Zipzer series. He is also the author-illustrator of
Hope for Haiti.
He says, “In illustrating
Ghetto Cowboy,
I wanted to pair the archetypal imagery from western movies with the realities of North Philly street life, while at the same time keeping the focus on the emerging relationship between a boy and his father.” Jesse Joshua Watson lives near Olympic National Park, in Washington State.
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or, if real, are used fictitiously.
Text copyright © 2011 by G. Neri
Illustrations copyright © 2011 by Jesse Joshua Watson
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, transmitted, or stored in an information retrieval system in any form or by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, taping, and recording, without prior written permission from the publisher.
First electronic edition 2011
The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows:
Neri, Greg.
Ghetto cowboy / G. Neri ; illustrated by Jesse Joshua Watson. — 1st ed.
p. cm.
Summary: Twelve-year-old Cole’s behavior causes his mother to drive him from Detroit to Philadelphia to live with a father he has never known, but who soon has Cole involved with a group of African-American “cowboys” who rescue horses and use them to steer youths away from drugs and gangs.
ISBN 978-0-7636-4922-7 (hardcover)
[1. Fathers and sons — Fiction. 2. Horses — Fiction. 3. City and town life — Pennsylvania — Fiction. 4. Conduct of life — Fiction. 5. Moving, Household — Fiction. 6. African Americans — Fiction. 7. Philadelphia (Pa.) — Fiction.] I. Watson, Jesse Joshua, ill. II. Title.
PZ7.N4377478Ghe 2011
[Fic] — dc22 2010007565
ISBN 978-0-7636-5449-8 (electronic)
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