{"product_id":"peace-locomotion-isbn-9780142415122","title":"Peace, Locomotion","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe stunning companion to the National Book Award finalist--from a four-time Newbery Honor winning author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwelve-year-old Lonnie is finally feeling at home with his foster family. But because he’s living apart from his little sister, Lili, he decides it’s his job to be the “rememberer”—and write down everything that happens while they’re growing up. Lonnie’s musings are bittersweet; he’s happy that he and Lili have new families, but though his new family brings him joy, it also brings new worries. With a foster brother in the army, concepts like Peace have new meaning for Lonnie.Told through letters from Lonnie to Lili, this thought-provoking companion to Jacqueline Woodson’s National Book Award finalist \u003ci\u003eLocomotion\u003c\/i\u003e tackles important issues in captivating, lyrical language. Lonnie’s reflections on family, loss, love and peace will strike a note with readers of all ages.\u003cb\u003e*\u003c\/b\u003e “Readers of \u003ci\u003eLocomotion\u003c\/i\u003e will welcome the chance to revisit Lonnie’s world. . . . While his confusion, pain, and loss are at times palpable, so too are the moments of comfort, love, and sheer joy. . . . The small details of his days drop readers into his Brooklyn neighborhood, surrounded by characters who seem to walk right off the page. Moving, thought-provoking, and brilliantly executed, this is the rare sequel that lives up to the promise of its predecessor.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “A moving companion to the National Book Award Finalist \u003ci\u003eLocomotion\u003c\/i\u003e. . . . The spare, beautiful prose—both the dialogue and the fast first-person narrative—is as lyrical as the first book.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eThe simple words are packed with longing and are eloquent about the little things people don’t think real hard about, little things that reveal the big issues of family, community, displacement, war, and peace.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Woodson creates a full-bodied character in kind, sensitive Lonnie. Readers will understand his quest for peace, and appreciate the hard work he does to find it.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\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\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRemember I said, \u003ci\u003eOne day, we’ll be together again?\u003c\/i\u003e I know that day is taking a lot longer to come than it should, but I still believe it’s gonna get here, Little Sister. And that’s why I’m trying to write you lots and lots. Because I love writing and I love you and when me and you are together again, I’m gonna want us to remember everything that happened when we were living apart. I’m gonna hold on to all these letters and when we’re living together again, they’re gonna be the first present I give you. A whole box of the Before Time. That’s what this is, Lili, even though I know when me and you get sad, all we think about is the other Before Time—before the fire, before we lived apart from each other. But this is a whole new Before Time. And it’s cool because we’ll be able to re­member a whole other set of good things, right? So I’m writing. And I’m remembering. For me. And for you, Lili.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlso by Jacqueline Woodson\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\u003eLocomotion\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\u003eG. P. PUTNAM’S SONS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA division of Penguin Young Readers Group. \u003cbr\u003ePublished by The Penguin Group. \u003cbr\u003ePenguin Group (USA) Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014, U.S.A. \u003cbr\u003ePenguin Group (Canada), 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 700, Toronto, \u003cbr\u003eOntario M4P 2Y3, Canada (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, \u003cbr\u003eVictoria 3124, Australia (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), 67 Apollo Drive, Rosedale, North Shore 0632, New Zealand \u003cbr\u003e(a division of Pearson New Zealand Ltd). \u003cbr\u003ePenguin Books (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd, 24 Sturdee Avenue, Rosebank, \u003cbr\u003eJohannesburg 2196, South Africa. \u003cbr\u003ePenguin Books Ltd, Registered Offices: 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCopyright © 2009 by Jacqueline Woodson.\u003cp\u003eAll rights reserved. This book, or parts thereof, may not be\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data \u003cbr\u003eWoodson, Jacqueline. \u003cbr\u003ePeace, Locomotion \/ Jacqueline Woodson. p. cm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSummary: Through letters to his little sister, who is living in a different foster home, sixth-grader Lonnie, also known as “Locomotion,” keeps a record of their lives while they are apart, describing his own foster family, including his foster brother who returns home after losing a leg in the Iraq War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[1. Foster home care—Fiction. 2. Brothers and sisters—Fiction. 3. Orphans—Fiction. \u003cbr\u003e4. Peace—Fiction. 5. African Americans—Fiction. 6. Letters—Fiction.] I. Title. \u003cbr\u003ePZ7.W868Pe 2009 [Fic]—dc22 2008018583\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781440699160\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFor Tashawn and Ming\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnd eventually, for Ryleigh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRemember?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlso by Jacqueline Woodson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTitle Page\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCopyright Page\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDedication\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImagine Peace\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDear Lili,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLittle Things by Lonnie C. Motion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDear Lili,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImagine Peace Again\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiscussion Questions\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Excerpt from\u003c\/i\u003e Brown Girl Dreaming\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Excerpt from\u003c\/i\u003e Locomotion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlso by Jacqueline Woodson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLast Summer with Maizon\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Dear One\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaizon at Blue Hill\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBetween Madison and Palmetto\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI Hadn’t Meant to Tell You This\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe House You Pass on the Way\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIf You Come Softly\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLena\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMiracle’s Boys\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHush\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLocomotion\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBehind You\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFeathers\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAfter Tupac and D Foster\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePOEM BOOK\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis whole book’s a poem ’cause every time I try to \u003cbr\u003etell the whole story my mind goes \u003ci\u003eBe quiet!\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eOnly it’s not my mind’s voice, \u003cbr\u003eit’s Miss Edna’s over and over and over  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBe quiet!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI’m not a really loud kid, I swear. I’m just me and \u003cbr\u003esometimes I maybe make a little bit of noise. \u003cbr\u003eIf I was a grown-up maybe Miss Edna \u003cbr\u003ewouldn’t always be telling me to be quiet \u003cbr\u003ebut I’m eleven and maybe eleven’s just noisy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaybe twelve’s quieter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when Miss Edna’s voice comes on, the ideas in my \u003cbr\u003ehead go out like a candle and all you see left is this little \u003cbr\u003estring of smoke that disappears real quick \u003cbr\u003ebefore I even have a chance to find out \u003cbr\u003ewhat it’s trying to say.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo this whole book’s a poem because poetry’s short and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003ethis whole book’s a poem ’cause Ms. Marcus says \u003cbr\u003ewrite it down before it leaves your brain. \u003cbr\u003eI tell her about the smoke and she says  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGood, Lonnie, write that.\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eNot a whole lot of people be saying \u003ci\u003eGood, Lonnie\u003c\/i\u003e to me  \u003cbr\u003eso I write the string-of-smoke thing down real fast. \u003cbr\u003eMs. Marcus says \u003ci\u003eWe’ll worry about line breaks later.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWrite fast, Lonnie,\u003c\/i\u003e Ms. Marcus says. \u003cbr\u003eAnd I’m thinking Yeah, I better write fast before Miss \u003cbr\u003eEdna’s voice comes on and blows my candle idea out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eROOF\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt night sometimes after Miss Edna goes to bed I go \u003cbr\u003eup on the roof \u003cbr\u003eSometimes I sit counting the stars \u003cbr\u003eMaybe one is my mama and \u003cbr\u003eanother one is my daddy And maybe that’s why \u003cbr\u003esometimes they flicker a bit \u003cbr\u003eI mean \u003ci\u003ethe stars\u003c\/i\u003e flicker\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLINE BREAK POEM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMs. Marcus \u003cbr\u003esays \u003cbr\u003eline breaks help \u003cbr\u003eus figure out \u003cbr\u003ewhat matters \u003cbr\u003eto the poet  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDon’t jumble your ideas\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eMs. Marcus says  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvery line\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eshould count.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMEMORY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnce when we was real \u003cbr\u003elittle \u003cbr\u003eI was sitting at the window holding my baby sister, Lili \u003cbr\u003eon my lap. \u003cbr\u003eMama was in the kitchen and Daddy must’ve \u003cbr\u003ebeen at work. \u003cbr\u003eMama kept saying  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHoney, don’t you drop my baby.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA pigeon came flying over to the ledge \u003cbr\u003eand was looking at us. \u003cbr\u003eLili put her hand on the glass and the pigeon tried \u003cbr\u003eto peck at it. \u003cbr\u003eLili snatched her hand away and screamed. \u003cbr\u003eNot a scared scream, \u003cbr\u003ejust one of those laughing screams \u003cbr\u003ethat babies who can’t talk yet like to do.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMama came running out the kitchen \u003cbr\u003edrying her hands on her jeans. \u003cbr\u003eWhen she saw us just sitting there, she let out a breath.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOh, my Lord,\u003c\/i\u003e she said,  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI thought you’d dropped my baby.\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eI asked  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWas I ever your baby, Mama?\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eand Mama looked at me all warm and smiley.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou still are,\u003c\/i\u003e she said. \u003cbr\u003eThen she went back in the kitchen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nancy Paulsen Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302347231461,"sku":"NP9780142415122","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780142415122.jpg?v=1767734579","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/peace-locomotion-isbn-9780142415122","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}