Jacqueline Woodson, J.D. Jackson
Locomotion
Audio CD
(Recorded Books Jan. 1, 2003)
When he was seven years old, Lonnie Collins Motion's happy life changed forever in one night of fiery terror that killed his parents. Now 11 and separated from his sister Lili - the only family he has left - Lonnie has no way to express the hopelessness he feels. Then his teacher gives him a wonderful gift. Through the many forms of poetry she teaches him, Lonnie is able to put some order to his jumbled feelings about his friends, his new foster mother, and his terrible sense of loss. And through the poetry he writes in his journal, Lonnie creates for himself the most important gift of all, renewed hope. Through 60 poems as diverse in style as they are poignant in their revelation, Coretta Scott King's Award winner Jacqueline Woodson gently unveils a life of pain, sorrow, and surprising possibility.
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