After Tupac & D Foster Contributor(s): Woodson, Jacqueline (Author) |
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ISBN: 0399246541 ISBN-13: 9780399246548 Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover Published: January 2008 Annotation: A lot can happen to three girls in a two-year period--especially when the rap music of Tupac Shakur is the glue holding them together. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Orphans & Foster Homes - Juvenile Fiction | Performing Arts - Music |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2007023725 |
Age Level: 10-UP |
Grade Level: 5-UP |
Lexile Measure: 750(Not Available) |
Physical Information: 0.71" H x 5.77" W x 8.44" L (0.63 lbs) 160 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Topical - Friendship - Geographic Orientation - New York - Locality - New York, N.Y. |
Features: Dust Cover, Ikids, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian |
Awards: Virginia Readers Choice Award, Nominee, Middle School, 2011 Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens, Recommended, Ten to Fourteen, 2009 Volunteer State Book Awards, Nominee, Young Adult, 2010 Children's Book Committee Award, Winner, Fiction, 2009 Newbery Medal, Honor Book, Children's, 2009 |
Review Citations: Kirkus Review - Children 12/01/2007 pg. 1251 Publishers Weekly 12/10/2007 pg. 56 Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2008 pg. 98 Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 01/01/2008 pg. 230 - Recommended Voice of Youth Advocates 02/01/2008 pg. 537 - Recommended - Hard To Beat Booklist 02/01/2008 pg. 51 School Library Journal 04/01/2008 pg. 154 New York Times Book Review 05/11/2008 pg. 20 Multicultural Review 09/01/2008 pg. 86 Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2008 - Superior,Well Above Average Hornbook Guide to Children 10/01/2008 pg. 359 - Superior,Well Above Average ALA Best Books Young Adults 03/15/2009 pg. 8 ALA Notable Children's Books 03/15/2009 pg. 23 |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 120399 Reading Level: 4.7 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 4.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: A Newbery Honor Book Jacqueline Woodson is the 2018-2019 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature The day D Foster enters Neeka and her best friend's lives, the world opens up for them. D comes from a world vastly different from their safe Queens neighborhood, and through her, the girls see another side of life that includes loss, foster families and an amount of freedom that makes the girls envious. Although all of them are crazy about Tupac Shakur's rap music, D is the one who truly understands the place where he's coming from, and through knowing D, Tupac's lyrics become more personal for all of them. The girls are thirteen when D's mom swoops in to reclaim D--and as magically as she appeared, she now disappears from their lives. Tupac is gone, too, after another shooting; this time fatal. As the narrator looks back, she sees lives suspended in time, and realizes that even all-too-brief connections can touch deeply. |
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