Miracles Boys

English

ISBN: 0399231137

EAN: 9780399231131

Category: Juvenile Fiction / Family / General/Juvenile Fiction / People & Places / General/Juvenile Fiction / Family / Orphans & Foster Homes/Juvenile Fiction / General/Juvenile Fiction / People & Places / United States / General/

Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated

Release Date: 01/31/2002

Age Range: 10-UP

Synopsis: Winner of the 2001 Coretta Scott King award! For Lafayette and his brothers, the challenges of growing up in New York City are compounded by the facts that theyve lost their parents and its up to eldest brother Tyree to support the boys, and middle brother Charlie has just returned home from a correctional facility. Lafayette loves his brothers and would do anything if they could face the world as a team. But even though Tyree cares, hes just so busy with work and responsibility. And Charlies changed so much that his former affection for his little brother has turned to open hostility. 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. Jacqueline Woodsons most recent book for Putnam was praised by School Library Journal: This fine author once again shows her gift for penning a novel that will ring true with young adults.

Awards: Black-Eyed Susan Book Award – null  Bluegrass Award – null  Coretta Scott King Awards – null  Dorothy Canfield Fisher Childrens Book Award – null  Garden State Teen Book Award – null  Georgia Childrens Book Award – null  Los Angeles Times Book Prizes – null  Maine Student Book Award – null  Nevada Young Readers Award – null  Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Award – null  SCASL Book Award (South Carolina) – null  Sequoyah Book Award – null  Sunshine State Young Readers Book Award – null  Volunteer State Book Award – null 

Miracles Boys

Illustrated: No

Format: Hardcover

Height: 0.69 inches

Width: 5.76 inches

Length: 8.57 inches

Weight: 9.45 oz

Pages: 144