{"product_id":"locomotion-isbn-9780142415528","title":"Locomotion","description":"\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the National Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Lonnie was seven years old, his parents died in a fire. Now he's eleven, and he still misses them terribly. And he misses his little sister, Lili, who was put into a different foster home because \"not a lot of people want boys-not foster boys that ain't babies.\" But Lonnie hasn't given up. His foster mother, Miss Edna, is growing on him. She's already raised two sons and she seems to know what makes them tick. And his teacher, Ms. Marcus, is showing him ways to put his jumbled feelings on paper.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTold entirely through Lonnie's poetry, we see his heartbreak over his lost family, his thoughtful perspective on the world around him, and most of all his love for Lili and his determination to one day put at least half of their family back together. Jacqueline Woodson's poignant story of love, loss, and hope is lyrically written and enormously accessible.\u003cb\u003e*\u003c\/b\u003e “A moving, lyrical, and completely convincing novel. . . . Woodson nails Lonnie’s voice from the start, and lets him express himself through images and thoughts that vibrate in the different kinds of lines he puts down. . . . Woodson’s created a character whose presence you can feel like they were sitting next to you. . . . Don’t let anyone miss this.”—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*\u003c\/b\u003e “In a masterful use of voice, Woodson allows Lonnie’s poems to tell a complex story of loss and grief and to create a gritty, urban environment. . . . Minor characters are three-dimensional, making the boy’s world a convincingly real one. . . . The author places the characters in nearly unbearable circumstances, then lets incredible human resiliency shine through.”—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*\u003c\/b\u003e “The sixty poems are skillfully and artfully composed—but still manage to sound fresh and spontaneous. The accessible form will attract readers; Woodson’s finely crafted story won’t let them go\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e”—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Horn Book\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*\u003c\/b\u003e “Woodson, through Lonnie, creates a contagious appreciation for poetry while using the genre as a cathartic means for expressing the young poet’s own grief.”—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eJacqueline Woodson\u003c\/b\u003e (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 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling memoir \u003ci\u003eBrown Girl Dreaming\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 \u003ci\u003eRed at the Bone\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller, and \u003ci\u003eAnother Brooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 \u003ci\u003eBefore the Ever After; New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers \u003ci\u003eThe Day You Begin\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHarbor Me\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Other Side\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEach Kindness\u003c\/i\u003e, Caldecott Honor book \u003ci\u003eComing On Home Soon\u003c\/i\u003e; Newbery Honor winners \u003ci\u003eFeathers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShow Way\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAfter Tupac and D Foster\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eMiracle's Boys\u003c\/i\u003e, which received the \u003ci\u003eLA Times\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cp\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eALSO BY JACQUELINE WOODSON\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTitle Page\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCopyright Page\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDedication\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEpigraph\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePOEM BOOK\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eROOF\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLINE BREAK POEM\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMEMORY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMAMA\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLILI\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFIRST\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCOMMERCIAL BREAK\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHAIKU\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGROUP HOME BEFORE MISS EDNA’S HOUSE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHALLOWEEN POEM\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePARENTS POEM\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSONNET POEM\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHOW I GOT MY NAME\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDESCRIBE SOMEBODY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEPISTLE POEM\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eROOF POEM II\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eME, ERIC, LAMONT \u0026amp; ANGEL\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFAILING\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNEW BOY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDECEMBER 9\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLIST POEM\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN HALSEY STREET PARK\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePIGEON\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSOMETIMES POEM\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWAR POEM\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGEORGIA\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNEW BOY POEM II\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTUESDAY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVISITING\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJUST NOTHING POEM\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGOD POEM\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eALL OF A SUDDEN, THE POEM\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHEY DOG\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOCCASIONAL POEM\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHAIKU POEM\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLATENYA\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePOETRY POEM\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eERIC POEM\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLAMONT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHIP HOP RULES THE WORLD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePHOTOGRAPHS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNEW BOY POEM III\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHAPPINESS POEM\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBIRTH\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLILI’S NEW MAMA’S HOUSE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHURCH\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNEW BOY POEM IV\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTEACHER OF THE YEAR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEASTER SUNDAY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRODNEY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEPITAPH POEM\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFIREFLY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE FIRE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eALMOST SUMMER SKY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCLYDE POEM I: DOWN SOUTH\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFIRST DAY OF SCHOOL\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDEAR GOD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLATENYA II\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJUNE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiscussion Questions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Exciting Preview of\u003c\/i\u003e: Brown Girl Dreaming\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Exciting Preview of\u003c\/i\u003e: Peace, Locomotion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMAMA\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome days, like today \u003cbr\u003eand yesterday and probably \u003cbr\u003etomorrow—all my missing gets jumbled up inside of me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou know honeysuckle talc powder? \u003cbr\u003eMama used to smell like that. She told me \u003cbr\u003ehoneysuckle’s really a flower but all I know \u003cbr\u003eis the powder that smells like Mama. \u003cbr\u003eSometimes when the missing gets real bad \u003cbr\u003eI go to the drugstore and before the guard starts \u003cbr\u003efollowing me around like I’m gonna steal something \u003cbr\u003eI go to the cosmetics lady and ask her if she has it....\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eALSO BY JACQUELINE WOODSON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAfter Tupac and D Foster\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBehind You\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeneath a Meth Moon\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBetween Madison and Palmetto\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrown Girl Dreaming\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Dear One\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFeathers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom the Notebooks of Melanin Sun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe House You Pass on the Way\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHush\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI Hadn’t Meant to Tell You This\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIf You Come Softly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLast Summer with Maizon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLena\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaizon at Blue Hill\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMiracle’s Boys\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeace, Locomotion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSPEAK\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePublished by the Penguin Group \u003cbr\u003ePenguin Group (USA) Inc., 345 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, U.S.A. \u003cbr\u003ePenguin Group (Canada), 10 Alcorn Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4V 3B2 \u003cbr\u003e(a division of Pearson Penguin Canada Inc.) \u003cbr\u003ePenguin Books Ltd, 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England \u003cbr\u003ePenguin Ireland, 25 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2, Ireland \u003cbr\u003e(a division of Penguin Books Ltd) \u003cbr\u003ePenguin Group (Australia), 250 Camberwell Road, Camberwell, Victoria 3124, \u003cbr\u003eAustralia (a division of Pearson Australia Group Pty Ltd) \u003cbr\u003ePenguin Books India Pvt Ltd, 11 Community Centre, Panchsheel Park, \u003cbr\u003eNew Delhi - 110 017, India \u003cbr\u003ePenguin Group (NZ), Cnr Airborne and Rosedale Roads, Albany, Auckland, \u003cbr\u003eNew Zealand (a division of Pearson New Zealand Ltd) \u003cbr\u003ePenguin Books (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd, 24 Sturdee Avenue, Rosebank, \u003cbr\u003eJohannesburg 2196, South Africa\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Registered Offices: Penguin Books Ltd, 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e First published in the United States of America by G. 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