Leaving Lymon
- Authors
- Cline-Ransome, Lesa
- Publisher
- Holiday House
- Date
- 2020-01-07T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 2.40 MB
- Lang
- en
*Behind every bad boy is a story worth hearing and at least one chance for redemption. It's 1946 and Lymon, uprooted from his life in the Deep South and moved up North, needs that chance.*
Lymon's father is, for the time being, at Parchman Farm--the Mississippi State Penitentiary--and his mother, whom he doesn't remember all that much, has moved North. Fortunately, Lymon is being raised by his loving grandparents. Together, Lymon and his grandpops share a love of music, spending late summer nights playing the guitar.
But Lymon's world as he knows it is about to dissolve. He will be sent on a journey to two Northern cities far from the country life he loves--and the version of himself he knows. In this companion novel to the Coretta Scott King Honor wining Finding Langston , readers will see a new side of the bully Lymon in this story of an angry boy whose raw talent, resilience, and devotion to music help point him in a new direction.
A Junior Library Guild Selection!
Praise for Finding Langston , a Coretta Scott King Honor Book and winner of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction
"This is a story that will stay with readers long after they've finished it."-- School Library Journal , Starred Review
"The impact on the reader could not be more powerful. A memorable debut novel." --Booklist, Starred Review
"A fascinating work of historical fiction . . . Cline-Ransome at her best."-- Kirkus Reviews , Starred Review
"Finding Langston is about cultural heritage and personal growth and, at its heart, about finding home wherever you land."-- Shelf Awareness, Starred Review
"this crisply paced book is full of historical details of the Great Migration and the role a historic branch library played in preserving African American literary culture."-- The Horn Book , Starred Review
"There aren't any explosions in this spare story. Nor is there a happy ending. Instead, Langston discovers something more enduring: solace."-- The New York Times