In A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich, Alice Childress intimately portrays the oppression of the working class people living in Afro-American communities. With fine perception, she tells about thirteen year old Benjie Johnson, a victim of drug addiction, his family, friends and neighbors living in the Harlem ghetto. (pp. 72-3)

Alice Childress has written a moving story that vividly describes life in the ghettos of Black America. It is a grim picture that holds little or no promise for the children's future. (p. 74)

The author has presented an examination of society on the decline in the United States. The salient question regarding the survival of Afro-American children as total human beings can only be answered with positive social changes.

The book has been written with pathos and humor. I highly recommend this fine piece of literature for young adults and older readers. (p. 75)

Norma Rogers, "To Destroy...