Leaving Lymon, Lesa ClineRansome
Leaving Lymon, Lesa ClineRansome
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Leaving Lymon

Author: Lesa Cline-Ransome

Narrator: Dion Graham

Unabridged: 4 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/06/2020

Synopsis

It's 1946, and Lymon, uprooted from his life in the Deep South and moved up North, needs that chance. Lymon's father is, for the time being, at Parchman Farmthe Mississippi State Penitentiary--and his mother, whom he doesn't remember all that much, has moved North. Fortunately, Lymon is being raised by his loving grandparents. Together, Lymon and his grandpops share a love of music, spending late summer nights playing the guitar. But Lymon's world as he knows it is about to dissolve. He will be sent on a journey to two Northern cities far from the country life he lovesand the version of himself he knows. In this companion novel to the Coretta Scott King Honor-winning Finding Langston, listeners will see a new side of the bully Lymon in this story of an angry boy whose raw talent, resilience, and devotion to music help point him in a new direction.

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 Darla

This companion novel to "Finding Langston" gives us another perspective on the Great Migration. The behavior of Lymon, the bully, was appalling and we applauded when the school took action. Now we see, as the iconic Paul Harvey would say --"the rest of the story." Lymon's story begins in Mississippi......more

Goodreads review by Amanda

If I thought I loved Finding Langston (the companion novel to this) then man alive I don't know what verb to use to explain my feelings on this one. This book was everything. To the point that every time I try to talk about it I get teary. Lesa Cline-Ransome has a way of making me love and cherish t......more

Goodreads review by Jamie

3.75 stars, rounded up "'Before you start huffing and puffing, I got something I want to tell you.' Mr Eugene turned my chair to the side and sat in the chair next to mine. 'A few years back, when I was your age' - I smiled even though I didn't want to - 'I got into a little bit of trouble', he said......more

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