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From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun

By Jacqueline Woodson

By Jacqueline Woodson

By Jacqueline Woodson

By Jacqueline Woodson

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Jul 08, 2010 | ISBN 9780142416419 | Middle Grade (10 and up)

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Jan 07, 2010 | ISBN 9781101152461 | Middle Grade (10 and up)

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    About From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun

    A Coretta Scott King Honor Book

    Three-time Newbery Honor author Jacqueline Woodson explores race and sexuality through the eyes of a compelling narrator

    Melanin Sun has a lot to say. But sometimes it’s hard to speak his mind, so he fills up notebooks with his thoughts instead. He writes about his mom a lot–they’re about as close as they can be, because they have no other family. So when she suddenly tells him she’s gay, his world is turned upside down. And if that weren’t hard enough for him to accept, her girlfriend is white. Melanin Sun is angry and scared. How can his mom do this to him– is this the end of their closeness? What will his friends think? And can he let her girlfriend be part of their family?

    About From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun

    Three-time Newbery Honor author Jacqualine Woodson explores race and sexuality through the eyes of a compelling narrator

    Melanin Sun has a lot to say. But sometimes it’s hard to speak his mind, so he fills up notebooks with his thoughts instead. He writes about his mom a lot–they’re about as close as they can be, because they have no other family. So when she suddenly tells him she’s gay, his world is turned upside down. And if that weren’t hard enough for him to accept, her girlfriend is white. Melanin Sun is angry and scared. How can his mom do this to him–is 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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    The Year We Learned to Fly
    Red at the Bone
    See all books by Jacqueline Woodson

    About Jacqueline Woodson

    Jacqueline Woodson (www.jacquelinewoodson.com) is the recipient of a 2020 MacArthur Fellowship, 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,… More about Jacqueline Woodson

    About Jacqueline Woodson

    Jacqueline Woodson (www.jacquelinewoodson.com) is the recipient of a 2020 MacArthur Fellowship, 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,… More about Jacqueline Woodson

    Product Details

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Books

    Paperback | $7.99
    Published by Nancy Paulsen Books
    Jul 08, 2010 | 176 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | Middle Grade (10 and up) | ISBN 9780142416419

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Books

    Ebook | $7.99
    Published by Nancy Paulsen Books
    Jan 07, 2010 | 192 Pages | Middle Grade (10 and up) | ISBN 9781101152461
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