Genres
Lexile
760L
Publication
Holiday House (2018), 112 pages
Description
Discovering a book of Langston Hughes' poetry in the library helps Langston cope with the loss of his mother, relocating from Alabama to Chicago as part of the Great Migration, and being bullied.
Awards
A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book (Fiction — 2018)
Massachusetts Children's Book Award (Nominee — 2021)
Audie Award (Finalist — Middle Grade — 2019)
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — 2021)
Sasquatch Book Award (Nominee — 2021)
Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award (Nominee — 2021)
Nutmeg Book Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 2023)
Bluestem Award (Nominee — 2021)
Coretta Scott King Award (Honor — 2019)
Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (Nominee — Grades 4-6 — 2021)
Scott O'Dell Award (2019)
Lectio Book Award (Nominee — 2020)
CCBC Choices (2019)
Kansas NEA Reading Circle Recommended Book (Junior — 2019)
Notable Children's Book (Middle Readers — 2019)
Teacher Favorites Award (2019)
Great Texas Mosquito List (2022)
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: Kids (Fiction for Older Readers — 2018)
Language
Original language
English
Pages
112
Physical description
112 p.; 8.51 inches
ISBN
0823439607 / 9780823439607
DDC/MDS
| 813.6 |