| Finding Langston Contributor(s): Cline-Ransome, Lesa (Author) |
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ISBN: 0823439607 ISBN-13: 9780823439607 Publisher: Holiday House
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: August 2018 |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - 20th Century - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - African-american - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - New Experience |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2017030385 |
| Age Level: 9-12 |
| Grade Level: 4-7 |
| Lexile Measure: 760(Not Available) |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.7" W x 8.3" L (0.40 lbs) 112 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Chronological Period - 1940's - Locality - Chicago, Illinois - Geographic Orientation - Illinois - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Features: Ikids, Price on Product |
| Awards: Coretta Scott King Award, Honor Book, Author, 2019 |
| Review Citations: Booklist 04/15/2018 pg. 59 Kirkus Reviews 05/01/2018 pg. 91 Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 07/01/2018 School Library Journal 08/01/2018 pg. 66 Shelf Awareness 08/17/2018 Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2018 pg. 78 Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2019 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 195865 Reading Level: 4.5 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 3.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book Winner of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction When eleven-year-old Langston's father moves them from their home in Alabama to Chicago's Bronzeville district, it feels like he's giving up everything he loves. It's 1946. Langston's mother has just died, and now they're leaving the rest of his family and friends. He misses everything-- Grandma's Sunday suppers, the red dirt roads, and the magnolia trees his mother loved. In the city, they live in a small apartment surrounded by noise and chaos. It doesn't feel like a new start, or a better life. At home he's lonely, his father always busy at work; at school he's bullied for being a country boy. But Langston's new home has one fantastic thing. Unlike the whites-only library in Alabama, the Chicago Public Library welcomes everyone. There, hiding out after school, Langston discovers another Langston--a poet whom he learns inspired his mother enough to name her only son after him. Lesa Cline-Ransome, author of the Coretta Scott King Honor picture book Before She Was Harriet, has crafted a lyrical debut novel about one boy's experiences during the Great Migration. Includes an author's note about the historical context and her research. Don't miss the companion novel, Leaving Lymon, which centers on one of Langston's classmates and explores grief, resilience, and the circumstances that can drive a boy to become a bully-- and offer a chance at redemption. A Junior Library Guild selection A CLA Notable Children's Book in Language Arts A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year, with 5 Starred Reviews A School Library Journal Best Book of 2018 |
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