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Melanin Sun has a lot to say. But sometimes itas hard to speak his mind, so he fills up notebooks with his thoughts instead. He writes about his mom a lota theyare about as close as they can be, because they have no other family. So when she suddenly tells him sheas gay, his world is turned upside down. And if that werenat hard enough for him to accept, her girlfriend is white. Melanin Sun is angry and scared. How can his mom do this to himais this the end of their closeness? What will his friends think? And can he let her girlfriend be part of their family?
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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"
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?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"
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.
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- ISBN 10 078077292X
- ISBN 13 9780780772922
- BindingHardcover
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