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"I used to say I’d be a teacher or a lawyer or a hairdresser when I grew up but even as I said these things, I knew what made me happiest was writing." Jacqueline Woodson has received numerous awards for her middle-grade and young adult books, which include the National Book Award Finalist Hush and the Coretta Scott King Award and Los Angeles Times Book Prize winner Miracle's Boys.
ISBN: 0142406163 "I wrote Lena because I got so many letters asking me about the end of I Hadn’t Meant To Tell You This. I hadn’t planned to write a sequel but I’m glad I did." –Jacqueline Woodson Thirteen-year-old Lena and her younger sister Dion mourn the death of their mother as they hitchhike from Ohio to Kentucky while running away from their abusive father. At the end of I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This, Lena and her younger sister, Dion, set off on their own, desperate to escape their abusive father. Disguised as boys, they hitchhike along, traveling in search of their mother's relatives. They don't know what they will find, or who they can trust along the way, but they do know that they can't afford to make even one single mistake. Dramatic and moving, this is a heart-wrenching story of two young girls in search of a place to call home.
ISBN: 0142405558 Twelve-year-old Marie is one of the popular girls in the prosperous black suburb. She’s not looking for a friend when Lena Bright, a white girl, appears in school. But the two girls are drawn to each other. You see, both Lena and Marie have lost their mothers. On top of that, Marie soon learns that Lena has a terrifying secret. Marie wants to help, but is it better to keep Lena’s secret, or to tell it? Their friendship—and Lena’s survival— may depend on her decision.
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with Earl B. Lewis (Illustrator) Clover has always wondered why a fence separates the black side of town from the
white side. But this summer when Annie, a white girl from the other side, begins
to sit on the fence, Clover grows more curious about the reason why the fence is
there and about the daring girl who sits on it, rain or shine. And one day,
feeling very brave, Clover approaches Annie. After all, why should a fence stand
in the way of friendship?
with Hudson Talbott (Illustrator) Soonie's great-grandma was just seven years old when she was sold to a big
plantation without her ma and pa, and with only some fabric and needles to call
her own. She pieced together bright patches with names like North Star and
Crossroads, patches with secret meanings made into quilts called Show Ways --
maps for slaves to follow to freedom. When she grew up and had a little girl,
she passed on this knowledge. And generations later, Soonie -- who was born free
-- taught her own daughter how to sew beautiful quilts to be sold at market and
how to read.
ISBN: 0142401498
Finalist for the 2003 National Book Award, Young People's Literature When Lonnie Collins Motion—Locomotion—was seven years old, his life changedforever. Now he's eleven, and his life is about to change again. His teacher, Ms. Marcus, is showing him ways to put his jumbled feelings on paper. And suddenly, Lonnie has a whole new way to tell the world about his life, his friends, his little sister Lili, and even his foster mom, Miss Edna, who started out crabby but isn't so bad after all. Jacqueline Woodson's novel-in-poems is humorous, heartbreaking . . . a triumph. “Its simple yet honest poetry gives you a clear look into the feelings and emotions of Lonnie as he takes what he is given and makes poetry out of it. Locomotion gives you a point of view not often told and takes you on a journey to remember.” —VOYA
ISBN: 0142406023 Lafayette would do anything to have things back the way they used to be—back
before their parents died and back before his brother Charlie changed so much.
But things have changed and all he can do now is ask why.... Why did Mama have
to die? Why does Charlie hate him so much? And how are the three
brothers—Miracle’s boys—supposed to survive when so much seems to be stacked
against them?
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