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Nov 11, 2010 | ISBN 9780142417065 | Middle Grade (10 and up) Buy *This format is not eligible to earn points towards the Reader Rewards program
Nov 11, 2010 | ISBN 9781101477977 | Middle Grade (10 and up) Buy
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Nov 11, 2010 | ISBN 9780142417065 | Middle Grade (10 and up)
Nov 11, 2010 | ISBN 9781101477977 | Middle Grade (10 and up)
A lyrical coming-of-age story from a three-time Newbery Honor winning authorThirteen-year-old Staggerlee used to be called Evangeline, but she took on a fiercer name. She’s always been different–set apart by the tragic deaths of her grandparents in an anti-civil rights bombing, by her parents’ interracial marriage, and by her family’s retreat from the world. This summer she has a new reason to feel set apart–her confused longing for her friend Hazel. When cousin Trout comes to stay, she gives Staggerlee a first glimpse of her possible future selves and the world beyond childhood.
Jacqueline Woodson (www.jacquelinewoodson.com) is the recipient of 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… More about Jacqueline Woodson
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