Miracles Boys, Jacqueline Woodson
Miracles Boys, Jacqueline Woodson
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Miracle's Boys

Author: Jacqueline Woodson

Narrator: Dulé Hill

Unabridged: 2 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/24/2010

Synopsis

Nothing is like it used to be. If it were, Mama would still be alive. Papa wouldn’t have died. And Charlie would still be the same old loving big brother to 13-year-old Lafayette, not a hostile stranger, just back from doing time at a correctional facility. Oldest brother, Ty’ree, would have gone to college, instead of having to work full-time to support the three of them. And Lafayette wouldn’t be so full of questions, like why Mama had to die, why Charlie hates him so much now, and how they’re all supposed to survive these times together when so much seems to be set against them.

Jacqueline Woodson brings us the story of three remarkable young men—brothers who have only each other to rely on and must decide whether they’ll work with that or let it tear them apart.

About The Author

Jacqueline Woodson (www.jacquelinewoodson.com) is the recipient of the 2020 Hans Christian Andersen Award, the 2018 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, and the 2018 Children’s Literature Legacy Award. She was the 2018–2019 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, and in 2015, she was named the Young People’s Poet Laureate by the Poetry Foundation. She received the 2014 National Book Award for her New York Times bestselling memoir Brown Girl Dreaming, which was also a recipient of the Coretta Scott King Award, a Newbery Honor, the NAACP Image Award, and a Sibert Honor. She wrote the adult books Red at the Bone, a New York Times bestseller, and Another Brooklyn, a 2016 National Book Award finalist. Born in Columbus, Ohio, Jacqueline grew up in Greenville, South Carolina, and Brooklyn, New York, and graduated from college with a B.A. in English. She is the author of dozens of award-winning books for young adults, middle graders, and children; among her many accolades, she is a four-time Newbery Honor winner, a four-time National Book Award finalist, and a two-time Coretta Scott King Award winner. Her books include New York Times bestsellers The Day You Begin and Harbor Me; The Other Side, Each Kindness, Caldecott Honor book Coming On Home Soon; Newbery Honor winners Feathers, Show Way, and After Tupac and D Foster; and Miracle's Boys, which received the LA Times Book Prize and the Coretta Scott King Award. Jacqueline is also a recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement for her contributions to young adult literature and a two-time winner of the Jane Addams Children's Book Award. She lives with her family in Brooklyn, New York.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mariah Roze on April 01, 2016

This book is good and the more recent book version of The Outsiders. I read this book with a lot of my male students and they loved it. The book takes place over 2 days. This is the story of three remarkable young men; brothers who have only each other to rely on and who must decide whether they'll w......more

Goodreads review by Roxanne on December 28, 2020

Jackie Woodson is one of my all time favourite authors. I swear, her ability to write with such authenticity and emotion about real life leaves me breathless. I love that she writes about ordinary people in ordinary situations. I love that she shows such respect for the complexity of just getting th......more

Goodreads review by Ashley on April 19, 2018

Woodson beautifully illustrates the complexity of family relationships and how the world is not definitively black or white. People are not all good or all bad, but circumstances may cause us to make choices that we may not otherwise make. I cried more than once as I was reading. There is redemption......more

Goodreads review by Leslie on January 21, 2021

Does this remind anyone else of The Outsiders? Three brothers, no parents, dilemma on trying to join a gang, youngest brother is the narrator, LOVES one of the older brothers but is really fighting with the other one, they're poor, oldest brother is really smart but chose to stay with family instead......more

Goodreads review by Mariem on May 17, 2019

This book was an amazing book by Jacqueline Woodson. This book is in Lafayette's perspective(one of the brothers). It's about his life after his Mom passed away and how his relationship with his brothers is continuing. Charlie is a very distant angry person toward him and Tyree is the brother he fee......more

Awards

  • Coretta Scott King Awards
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