Twice Over a Man: A Fierce Memoir of an Orphan Boy Who Doggedly Determined a Finer Life Young Adult Nonfiction / Girls & Women / Activism & Social Justice / Social Topics - Civil & Human Rights New York Times bestseller *

New York Times bestseller * Six starred reviews

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Starting in World War II and moving through to the Cold War

Twice Over a Man: A Fierce Memoir of an Orphan Boy Who Doggedly Determined a Finer Life Young Adult Nonfiction / Girls & Women / Activism & Social Justice / Social Topics - Civil & Human Rights New York Times bestseller *Born in East Saint Louis to a drug addicted mother who died when he was eight years old, author Orvin Kimbrough chronicles his early years through foster care, orphanages, physical and sexual abuse, hunger, and poverty. He could have joined a gang. He could have become a teen father. He could have fallen into drugs and the violence of the streets. He could have ended up in prison. He could have been shot dead. But he rose above it all to become a