Miracle's Boys - by Jacqueline Woodson (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Winner of the 2001 Coretta Scott King Award, in "Miracle's Boys, " three young outsiders struggle to make it through when their parents die and leave them to survive on their own. An ALA Best Book for Young Adults.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>From a four-time Newbery Honor author, a novel that was awarded the 2001 Coretta Scott King award and the <i>Los Angeles Times</i> Book Prize<br></b><p>For Lafayette and his brothers, the challenges of growing up in New York City are compounded by the facts that they've lost their parents and it's up to eldest brother Ty'ree to support the boys, and middle brother Charlie has just returned home from a correctional facility.</p><p>Lafayette loves his brothers and would do anything if they could face the world as a team. But even though Ty'ree cares, he's just so busy with work and responsibility. And Charlie's changed so much that his former affection for his little brother has turned to open hostility.</p><p>Now, as Lafayette approaches 13, he needs the guidance and answers only his brothers can give him. The events of one dramatic weekend force the boys to make the choice to be there for each other--to really see each other--or to give in to the pain and problems of every day.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Jacqueline Woodson</b> (www.jacquelinewoodson.com) is the recipient of 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 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling memoir <i>Brown Girl Dreaming</i>, 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 <i>Red at the Bone</i>, a <i>New York Times</i> bestseller, and <i>Another Brooklyn</i>, 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 <i>Before the Ever After;</i> <i>New York Times</i> bestsellers <i>The Day You Begin</i> and <i>Harbor Me</i>; <i>The Other Side</i>, <i>Each Kindness</i>, Caldecott Honor book <i>Coming On Home Soon</i>; Newbery Honor winners <i>Feathers</i>, <i>Show Way</i>, and <i>After Tupac and D Foster</i>; and <i>Miracle's Boys</i>, which received the <i>LA Times</i> 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.
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