Feathers (Newbery Honor Book) - Softcover

Woodson, Jacqueline

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0142411981 ISBN 13: 9780142411988

Publisher: Puffin, 2009

Synopsis

View our feature on Jacqueline Woodson's Feathers.";Hope is the thing with feathers"; starts the poem Frannie is reading in school. Frannie hasn’t thought much about hope. There are so many other things to think about. Each day, her friend Samantha seems a bit more ";holy."; There is a new boy in class everyone is calling the Jesus Boy. And although the new boy looks like a white kid, he says he’s not white. Who is he? During a winter full of surprises, good and bad, Frannie starts seeing a lot of things in a new light her brother Sean’s deafness, her mother’s fear, the class bully’s anger, her best friend’s faith and her own desire for ";the thing with feathers."; Jacqueline Woodson once again takes readers on a journey into a young girl’s heart and reveals the pain and the joy of learning to look beneath the surface.

About this title

From the Publisher:

FEATHERS is a Newbery Honor Book

FEATHERS is an Oprah's Book Club Kids Reading List selection

About the Author:

Born on February 12th in Columbus, Ohio, Jacqueline Woodson grew up in Greenville, South Carolina, and Brooklyn, New York and graduated from college with a B.A. in English. She now writes full-time and has recently received the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults. Her other awards include a Newbery Honor, two Coretta Scott King awards, two National Book Award finalists, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Although she spends most of her time writing, Woodson also enjoys reading the works of emerging writers and encouraging young people to write, spending time with her friends and her family, and sewing. Jacqueline Woodson currently resides in Brooklyn, New York.

About this edition

• Publisher: Puffin
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0142411981
• ISBN 13: 9780142411988
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144