Finding Langston (The Finding Langston Trilogy)

Finding Langston (The Finding Langston Trilogy)

A Coretta Scott King Honor Book

A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year, with 5 Starred Reviews, and a School Library Journal Best Book of 2018

When eleven-year-old Langston's father moves them from their home in Alabama to Chicago's Bronzeville district, it feels like he's giving up everything he loves.

It's 1946. Langston's mother has just died, and now they're leaving the rest of his family and friends. He misses everything-- Grandma's Sunday suppers, the red dirt roads, and the magnolia trees his mother loved.

In the city, they live in a small apartment surrounded by noise and chaos. It doesn't feel like a new start, or a better life. At home he's lonely, his father always busy at work; at school he's bullied for being a country boy.

But Langston's new home has one fantastic thing. Unlike the whites-only library in Alabama, the Chicago Public Library welcomes everyone. There, hiding out after school, Langston discovers another Langston--a poet whom he learns inspired his mother enough to name her only son after him.

Lesa Cline-Ransome, author of the Coretta Scott King Honor picture book Before She Was Harriet, has crafted a lyrical debut novel about one boy's experiences during the Great Migration. Includes an author's note about the historical context and her research.

Winner of the 2019 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction
A Junior Library Guild selection!
Country USA
Brand Holiday House
Manufacturer Holiday House
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 10-04766
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2018-08-14
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780823439607

Country	USA
Brand	Holiday House
Manufacturer	Holiday House
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	10-04766
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2018-08-14
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780823439607

Finding Langston (The Finding Langston Trilogy)

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