Finding langston [electronic resource]
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Finding langston [electronic resource]

By Cline-Ransome, Lesa.
OverDrive, Inc.
Baker & Taylor Axis 360.

Genre Electronic books.

Audience Youth 0-15 years

ISBN 9780823441105

Bib Id 2356846

Description 1 online resource

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9780823441105 (electronic bk)
Title
Finding langston [electronic resource]
Description
1 online resource
Summary
A Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book Winner of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction 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. Don't miss the companion novel, Leaving Lymon , which centers on one of Langston's classmates and explores grief, resilience, and the circumstances that can drive a boy to become a bully— and offer a chance at redemption. A Junior Library Guild selection! A CLA Notable Children's Book in Language Arts A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year, with 5 Starred Reviews A School Library Journal Best Book of 2018
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Text Difficulty 3 - Text Difficulty 4
MG/Middle grades (4th-8th)
760
4.5
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Electronic reproduction. New York : Holiday House, 2018. Requires OverDrive Read (file size: N/A KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 3261 KB) or Kobo app or compatible Kobo device (file size: N/A KB) or Amazon Kindle (file size: N/A KB).
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