From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun - Softcover

Woodson, Jacqueline

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0590458817 ISBN 13: 9780590458818

Publisher: Point, 1997

Synopsis

When her mother reveals that she is a lesbian, young Melanin Sun fears that he and his mother will lose the closeness that they have always shared and considers leaving his home. Coretta Scott King Honor Book. Reissue.

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Review:

Woodson s perceptively wrought novel imaginatively tackles such weighty issues as racism and sexuality. Offering no easy answers, Woodson teaches the reader that love can lead to acceptance of all manner of differences. "Publishers Weekly"

?Woodson's perceptively wrought novel imaginatively tackles such weighty issues as racism and sexuality. Offering no easy answers, Woodson teaches the reader that love can lead to acceptance of all manner of differences. "Publishers Weekly"

"Woodson's perceptively wrought novel imaginatively tackles such weighty issues as racism and sexuality. Offering no easy answers, Woodson teaches the reader that love can lead to acceptance of all manner of differences." - "Publishers Weekly"

About the Author:

Born on February 12th in Columbus, Ohio, Jacqueline Woodson grew up in Greenville, South Carolina, and Brooklyn, New York and graduated from college with a B.A. in English. She now writes full-time and has recently received the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults. Her other awards include a Newbery Honor, two Coretta Scott King awards, two National Book Award finalists, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Although she spends most of her time writing, Woodson also enjoys reading the works of emerging writers and encouraging young people to write, spending time with her friends and her family, and sewing. Jacqueline Woodson currently resides in Brooklyn, New York.

About this edition

• Publisher: Point
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0590458817
• ISBN 13: 9780590458818
• Binding: Paperback