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Clayton Byrd Goes Underground

by Rita Williams-Garcia

Illustrator: Frank Morrison

Ages: 9+

Published: 2017

Publisher: Amistad Press/HarperCollins

ISBN: 978-0-06-221591-8

Keywords: Grief, Jazz, Diversity, Family Life

When his beloved jazz-guitarist grandfather dies, Clayton struggles with the loss and his desire to continue pursuing his own jazz-harmonica talent.