Finding Langston

Name: Finding Langston
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Author: Lesa Cline-Ransome
ISBN: 9781974907052

Author: Lesa Cline-Ransome

Narrator: Dion Graham

Unabridged: 2 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Dreamscape Media

Published: 08/14/2018

Categories: Children's Fiction, African American & Black Stories

Synopsis

When eleven-year-old Langston's mother dies in 1946, he and his father leave rural Alabama for Chicago's brown belt as a part of what came to be known as the Great Migration. It's lonely in the small apartment with just the two of them, and Langston is bullied at school. But his new home has one fantastic thing. Unlike the whites-only library in Alabama, the local 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.

About Lesa Cline-Ransome

Lesa Cline-Ransome is an award-winning writer and editor who has written more than ten picture books for children, including two ALA Notable books. A graduate of the Pratt Institute, she holds a Master's Degree in Early Childhood and Elementary Education from NYU. Based in Rhinebeck, New York, she is married to artist and illustrator James E. Ransome, with whom she frequently collaborates.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Joanne on December 11, 2020

This is such a special book, well-deserving of its Coretta Scott King Honor Medal. Cline-Ransome packed so much in a scant 112 pages!! Of course, what appealed to my nerdy self was all the library love. It is a love letter to the George Cleveland Hall branch of the Chicago Public Library, where Lang......more

Goodreads review by Laura on January 27, 2019

One of my top favorite middle grade readers of the year. Beautifully written, warm and one children will enjoy. I hope it wins an award or two!......more

Goodreads review by Darla on February 25, 2019

Lots of love for this heartfelt novel featuring a boy who has been transplanted from rural Alabama to Chicago in the middle of the Great Migration. Not only is he living in a new setting, he is also missing his mama who died just before his daddy decided they should move. While trying to evade a gan......more

Goodreads review by Reading_ on February 06, 2022

It seems like I am reading all the books that would make me cry. This one is so sad and beautiful. But also so hopeful and wholesome. The story is about a little kid who is getting bullied as he struggles in his school making sure he is no trouble to anyone. He just doesn't want to disappoint his fath......more

Goodreads review by Kat on May 01, 2022

I’m very sorry to say that I didn’t enjoy this book at all. It was a very short read and still, I had to force myself to finish it. The story takes place in 1946 Chicago, set against the backdrop of the Great Migration, where 6 million African Americans left the South to move to Northern states. Orig......more