{"product_id":"finding-langston-the-finding-langston-trilogy","title":"Finding Langston [The Finding Langston Trilogy]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWhen eleven-year-old Langston's father moves them from their home in Alabama to Chicago's Bronzeville district, it feels like he's giving up everything he loves.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's 1946. Langston's mother has just died, and now they're leaving the rest of his family and friends. He misses everything-- Grandma's Sunday suppers, the red dirt roads, and the magnolia trees his mother loved.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the city, they live in a small apartment surrounded by noise and chaos. It doesn't feel like a new start, or a better life. At home he's lonely, his father always busy at work; at school he's bullied for being a country boy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut Langston's new home has one fantastic thing. Unlike the whites-only library in Alabama, the Chicago Public Library welcomes everyone. There, hiding out after school, Langston discovers another Langston--a poet whom he learns inspired his mother enough to name her only son after him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLesa Cline-Ransome, author of the Coretta Scott King Honor picture book \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBefore She Was Harriet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, has crafted a lyrical debut novel about one boy's experiences during the Great Migration. Includes an author's note about the historical context and her research.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDon't miss the companion novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLeaving Lymon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, which centers on one of Langston's classmates and explores grief, resilience, and the circumstances that can drive a boy to become a bully-- and offer a chance at redemption.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pinocchios Books and Toys","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40267399299263,"sku":"S61I4T0937","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/8106\/1823\/files\/81x7Pfbho1L._SY425.jpg?v=1759513211","url":"https:\/\/pinocchios.shop\/products\/finding-langston-the-finding-langston-trilogy","provider":"Pinocchios Books and Toys","version":"1.0","type":"link"}