Locomotion **OUT OF PRINT**
Author(s): Jacqueline Woodson
Eleven-year-old Lonnie lives with Miss Edna, who is always telling him to be quiet. But there's a lot going on in Lonnie's head. His English teacher, Ms Marcus, encourages him to write everything down, quickly, before his thoughts disappear. So Lonnie writes in poetry, because it's short, and using the many different styles of poem they are learning in class, Lonnie describes his life - memories of his mama and daddy; the fire that claimed their lives; living in the Home with Miss Edna; his little sister Lili and her new family; Ms Marcus and school; race and religion. In the end, Lonnie finds his way forward through the loving care of those who surround him.
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Jacqueline Woodson is a winner of the Coretta Scott King Award, which honours African-American writers of outstanding books for children. She has also received two American Library Association Awards and the Kenyan Review Award for Literary Excellence in Fiction for "Autobiography of a Family Photo".
Jacqueline Woodson was born in Ohio and grew up in South Carolina. She has written several books for teenagers and recently won the Coretta Scott King Award which honours African-American writers of outstanding books for children. She has received two American Library Association Awards, and the Kenyon Review Award for Literary Excellence in Fiction for Autobiography Of A Family Photo, published by Penguin US. Jacqueline now lives in Brooklyn, New York.
General Fields
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- : Penguin Books Ltd
- : Puffin Books
- : 0.088
- : 06 March 2003
- : 198mm X 128mm X 7mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Jacqueline Woodson
- : Paperback
- : 813.54
- : From 12 to 99
- : 112