Awards: A Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book & Winner of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction
After his mother's death, Langston and his father depart beloved Alabama for Chicago where job opportunities abound. Quietly grieving his mother's death, he finds solace in the library and in Langston Hughes's poetry.
I loved this short novel. Ms. Cline-Ransome writes poetically and beautifully. Her character development and word choice are superb.
Mentor text for "show, not tell".
A lot of topics to discuss: deaths (mother & grandmother), Great Migration, Langston Hughes, bullies, discrepancy of the treatment of blacks in south vs north, some lying
*Highly recommend.
**Read also the companion books: Leaving Lymon & Finding Clem.
-Borrowed from the library
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