Rite of Passage

By Richard Wright

Book Overview

Johnny, you're leaving us tonight . . . Fifteen-year-old Johnny Gibbs does, well in school, respects his teachers, and loves his family. Then suddenly, with a few short words, his idyllic life is... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060234199
• ISBN13: 9780060234195
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Length: 151 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 0.5" x 5.3"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

Rite of Passage

In Rite of Passage by Richard Wright, Johnny Gibbs has a wonderful life: he gets all A's in school, has great friends, and he loves his family. But his whole life changes in an instant. Rushing home with the thought of his mother's delicious stew in mind, he finds out that the family he had known and loved his entire life, were not his own. They were his foster family, and he is shocked to find out, too, that he is being sent away to live with another, brand-new, family. Johnny has no other choice but to run. In one single day his life seems to take a wrong and drastic turn, and his world becomes an inescapable bad dream.I recommend reading Rite of Passage because of its simple but involving story, exciting events, and the lessons it teaches the reader about life, family, and love. You feel like you're right beside Johnny as he goes through his "rite of passage." You get close to him, understand his character, and feel his pain.

Phenomenal Book

A great book that tells the life of a teenage boy living without knowing who his true family is and learning to trust his friends as his only family. This book tells how to stand up for yourself and face life, although at times it may be too harsh of a reality. Very interesting book even though it has an abrupt ending. I think the book leaves the ending to the imagination of its readers. Highly Recommended.

Great...

I think this book is really great. I couldn't put this book down. I'm 15 years old. I don't get about woman who appears at the end. Please help me to understand. Thank you. This book was every good anyway. I love it.

A thought-provoking novella -- I loved it!

I read this novella for a project in college. I am doing a project on gangs for my pedagogy class (I am a future English teacher). Once I began Rite of Passage, I could not put it down. The character of Johnny is so real and believable and, unfortunately, the situation of run-aways is very real, also. I recommend Rite of Passage to all, and especially to any teacher to teach to a junior high/high school class. I saw some connections in this book to The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton (which I also love). A very rewarding read!