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Invisible Man
by Ralph Ellison11th Grade pick #6 · 581 pages · ISBN 9780679732761As an Amazon Associate KitQuest earns from qualifying purchases.About this bookInvisible Man is the story of a young black man from the South who does not fully understand racism in the world. Filled with hope about his future, he goes to college, but gets expelled for showing one of the white benefactors the real and seamy side of black existence. He moves to Harlem and becomes an orator for the Communist party, known as the Brotherhood. In his position, he is both threatened and praised, swept up in a world he does not fully understand. As he works for the organization, he encounters many people and situations that slowly force him to face the truth about racism and hi