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When 11-year-old Langston s mother dies in 1946, he and his father leave rural Alabama for Chicago s brown belt. It s lonely in the small apartment with just the two of them, and at school Langston is bullied. But his new home has one fantastic thing. Unlike the whites-only library in Alabama, the local public library welcomes everyone.

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6 editions
  • Audiobook · English · 2018
    Dreamscape Media · 9781974907021
  • Audiobook · English · 2018
    Dreamscape Media · 9781974907069
  • Other · English · 2020
    Holiday House, Incorporated · 112 pages · 9780823445820
  • Other · English · 2018
    Bound to Stay Bound Books · 107 pages · 9798855025071
  • Other · English · 2018
    Holiday House · 107 pages · 9780823439607
  • Other · English · 2018
    Holiday House, Incorporated · 9780823441105
Books and readingJuvenile fictionPoetrySingle-parent familiesBullyingHousehold MovingAfrican AmericansHistory