Animals I Want To See: A Memoir of Growing Up in the Projects and Defying the Odds

National Bestseller

A lyrical coming-of-age story set in the projects of Toledo, Ohio, Animals I Want To See explores themes of identity, ambition, religion, and friendship—often across racial and social lines—as it spotlights a family of fourteen and tracks a boy’s journey from a child janitor with big dreams to a teenage petty criminal to a student at Yale and Harvard.

“A terrific and moving memoir about dreaming big and making great things happen.” —President Bill Clinton

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