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Zusatztext * “A moving! lyrical! and completely convincing novel. . . . Woodson nails Lonnie’s voice from the start! and lets him express himself through images and thoughts that vibrate in the different kinds of lines he puts down. . . . Woodson’s created a character whose presence you can feel like they were sitting next to you. . . . Don’t let anyone miss this.”— Kirkus Reviews ! starred review * “In a masterful use of voice! Woodson allows Lonnie’s poems to tell a complex story of loss and grief and to create a gritty! urban environment. . . . Minor characters are three-dimensional! making the boy’s world a convincingly real one. . . . The author places the characters in nearly unbearable circumstances! then lets incredible human resiliency shine through.”— School Library Journal ! starred review * “The sixty poems are skillfully and artfully composed—but still manage to sound fresh and spontaneous. The accessible form will attract readers; Woodson’s finely crafted story won’t let them go . ”— The Horn Book ! starred review * “Woodson! through Lonnie! creates a contagious appreciation for poetry while using the genre as a cathartic means for expressing the young poet’s own grief.”— Publishers Weekly ! starred review Informationen zum Autor Jacqueline Woodson Klappentext When Lonnie was seven years old, his parents died in a fire. Now he's eleven, and he still misses them terribly. And he misses his little sister, Lili, who was put into a different foster home because "not a lot of people want boys-not foster boys that ain't babies." But Lonnie hasn't given up. His foster mother, Miss Edna, is growing on him. She's already raised two sons and she seems to know what makes them tick. And his teacher, Ms. Marcus, is showing him ways to put his jumbled feelings on paper. Told entirely through Lonnie's poetry, we see his heartbreak over his lost family, his thoughtful perspective on the world around him, and most of all his love for Lili and his determination to one day put at least half of their family back together. Jacqueline Woodson's poignant story of love, loss, and hope is lyrically written and enormously accessible. Table of Contents ALSO BY JACQUELINE WOODSON Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Epigraph POEM BOOK ROOF LINE BREAK POEM MEMORY MAMA LILI FIRST COMMERCIAL BREAK HAIKU GROUP HOME BEFORE MISS EDNA’S HOUSE HALLOWEEN POEM PARENTS POEM SONNET POEM HOW I GOT MY NAME DESCRIBE SOMEBODY EPISTLE POEM ROOF POEM II ME, ERIC, LAMONT & ANGEL FAILING NEW BOY DECEMBER 9 LIST POEM LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN HALSEY STREET PARK PIGEON SOMETIMES POEM WAR POEM GEORGIA NEW BOY POEM II TUESDAY VISITING JUST NOTHING POEM GOD POEM ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE POEM HEY DOG OCCASIONAL POEM HAIKU POEM LATENYA POETRY POEM ERIC POEM LAMONT HIP HOP RULES THE WORLD PHOTOGRAPHS NEW BOY POEM III HAPPINESS POEM BIRTH LILI’S NEW MAMA’S HOUSE CHURCH NEW BOY POEM IV TEACHER OF THE YEAR EASTER SUNDAY RODNEY EPITAPH POEM FIREFLY THE FIRE ALMOST SUMMER SKY CLYDE POEM I: DOWN SOUTH FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL DEAR GOD LATENYA II JUNE Acknowledgements Discussion Questions An Exciting Preview of : Brown Girl Dreaming An Exciting Preview of : Peace, Locomotion MAMA Some days, like today and yesterday and probably tomorrow—all my missing gets jumbled up inside of me. You know honeysuckle talc powder? Mama used to smell like that. She told...
