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(4) Base Camp
Richard Wright writes in a straight-forward, conversational manner, so "The Man Who Was Almost a Man" should be a pretty smooth read. The use of dialect might be off-putting to some readers, but the language is not difficult to interpret. In short, you've totally got this.