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Richard Wright and the Library Card
Bryan O'Keeffe

This book was absolutely phenomenal. I really enjoyed reading this book. I had never previously heard of this book but I now love it. I had no idea that this was based on a true story. After finding out this was based on a real person I had no problem believing that Richard was real. I think it also helped by having the book in a realistic setting in 1920s America. That really helped putting the setting in a time that Blacks were still struggling. I think that helped with the plot and having Richard not able to check out books first. But I was really glad that he was able to read books at the end. The illustrations were really good and went well with the book. I could not tell what they were made with or not but I really enjoyed them. They were not sloppy at all and enhanced the story. I really enjoyed the message the author provided; never give up no matter what. ( )

I thought this book did a great job of showing what a person can do if they really put their mind to it and the kindness that we can all show each other. I also thought that is was cool that they listed off the names of the authors that Richard was reading--I think even mentioning them is beneficial to readers of this book who my want to go on and read at a higher level one day. ( )

Interesting to know more about the man behind the name of one of CPL's big libraries. ( )