Peace, Locomotion

Zusatztext * “Readers of Locomotion will welcome the chance to revisit Lonnie’s world. . . . While his confusion! pain! and loss are at times palpable! so too are the moments of comfort! love! and sheer joy. . . . The small details of his days drop readers into his Brooklyn neighborhood! surrounded by characters who seem to walk right off the page. Moving! thought-provoking! and brilliantly executed! this is the rare sequel that lives up to the promise of its predecessor.” — School Library Journal ! starred review   “A moving companion to the National Book Award Finalist Locomotion . . . . The spare! beautiful prose—both the dialogue and the fast first-person narrative—is as lyrical as the first book. The simple words are packed with longing and are eloquent about the little things people don’t think real hard about! little things that reveal the big issues of family! community! displacement! war! and peace.” — Booklist   “Woodson creates a full-bodied character in kind! sensitive Lonnie. Readers will understand his quest for peace! and appreciate the hard work he does to find it.” — Publishers Weekly Informationen zum Autor Jacqueline Woodson (www.jacquelinewoodson.com) is the recipient of a 2023 Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, a 2020 MacArthur Fellowship, the 2020 Hans Christian Andersen Award, the 2018 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, and the 2018 Children’s Literature Legacy Award. She was the 2018–2019 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, and in 2015, she was named the Young People’s Poet Laureate by the Poetry Foundation. She received the 2014 National Book Award for her New York Times bestselling memoir Brown Girl Dreaming , which was also a recipient of the Coretta Scott King Award, a Newbery Honor, the NAACP Image Award, and a Sibert Honor. She wrote the adult books Red at the Bone , a New York Times bestseller, and Another Brooklyn , a 2016 National Book Award finalist. Born in Columbus, Ohio, Jacqueline grew up in Greenville, South Carolina, and Brooklyn, New York, and graduated from college with a B.A. in English. She is the author of dozens of award-winning books for young adults, middle graders, and children; among her many accolades, she is a four-time Newbery Honor winner, a four-time National Book Award finalist, and a three-time Coretta Scott King Award winner. Her books include Coretta Scott King Award winner Before the Ever After; New York Times bestsellers The Day You Begin and Harbor Me ; The Other Side , Each Kindness , Caldecott Honor book Coming On Home Soon ; Newbery Honor winners Feathers , Show Way , and After Tupac and D Foster ; and Miracle's Boys , which received the LA Times Book Prize and the Coretta Scott King Award. Jacqueline is also a recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement for her contributions to young adult literature and a two-time winner of the Jane Addams Children's Book Award. She lives with her family in Brooklyn, New York. Klappentext Told through letters from 12-year-old Lonnie to his younger sister! this thought-provoking companion to "Locomotion" tackles important issues in captivating! lyrical language. Remember I said, One day, we’ll be together again? I know that day is taking a lot longer to come than it should, but I still believe it’s gonna get here, Little Sister. And that’s why I’m trying to write you lots and lots. Because I love writing and I love you and when me and you are together again, I’m gonna want us to remember everything that happened when we were living apart. I’m gonna hold on to all these letters and when we’re living together again, they’re gonna be the first present I give you. A whole box of the Before Time. That’s what this is, Lili, even though I ...

Product details

• Authors: Jacqueline Woodson
• Publisher: Penguin Young Readers US
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.07.2010
• EAN: 9780142415122
• ISBN: 978-0-14-241512-2
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 12 mm
• Series: Penguin Young Readers Group
• Subject: Children's and young people's books