Maizon takes the biggest step in her life when she accepts a scholarship to boarding school and says good-bye to her grandmother and her best friend, Margaret. Blue Hill is beautiful, and challenging-but there are only five black students, and the other four are from wealthy families. Does Maizon belong at Blue Hill after all? * "Simply told and finely crafted." (Publishers Weekly, starred review)
Maizon at Blue Hill
. "Ms. Woodson writes with a sure understanding of the thoughts of young people, offering a poetic, eloquent narrative that is not simply a story of nearly adolescent children, but a mature exploration of grown-up issues: death, racism, ...
When Margaret's best friend Maizon returns from boarding school and joins her in the eighth grade, they try to resume their friendship while dealing with personal problems and watching their Brooklyn neighborhood undergo changes.
Incorporating Laurel's bittersweet memories of life before and during the hurricane, this is a stunning novel by one of our finest writers.
The stunning companion to the National Book Award finalist--from a four-time Newbery Honor winning author Twelve-year-old Lonnie is finally feeling at home with his foster family.
Finalist for the National Book Award When Lonnie was seven years old, his parents died in a fire.
And how you make us all laugh—in a good way! Holly got up from the bed and started walking fast, ... All of that happened because a, b and c happened, and that led to d, e and fand so on, until basically your life is the whole alphabet.
Tells the story of the Meadow family and the life they lead in the quiet country town of Blue Hill, Virginia.
Jacqueline Woodson's National Book Award and Newbery Honor winner, now available in paperback with 7 all-new poems.
... 1984: other, 1987 Randolph Caldecott Medal: other, 1984 Randolph Caldecott Honor Book: other, 1985, 1987 School Library Journal Best Books for Children and Y0ung Adults: other, 1987 Tate, Eleanora Parents' Choice Award: The Secret ...