$14.46. She explores issues of gender, class and race as well as family and history. She has offered the novel Sounder as an example of a "bleak" and "hopeless" novel. As he becomes more comfortable as a writer, Lonnie reveals the secret that at age seven, he and his sister were orphaned when their parents died in a fire. Honor Book, CCBC Coretta Scott King Author Award Discussion (Ages 9–12) ... 39 Total Resources 6 Awards View Text Complexity Discover Like Books Meet-the-Author Movie; Meet-the-Author Recording of Locomotion; Audio Excerpt from Locomotion; Name Pronunciation with Jacqueline Woodson; Grade; 4-12; Genre; Poetry; Realistic Fiction; Cultural Area; African American; Year Published 2004. At least that’s what it feels like. Only The Notebooks of Melanin Sun, Miracle's Boys and Locomotion are written from a male perspective. Mix & Match Hundreds of Books. Shop Now. [6] Louise Meriwether was also named. Miller. The rest of Woodson's works feature female narrators. [7] While many of her characters are given labels that make them "invisible" to society, Woodson is most often writing about their search for self rather than a search for equality or social justice.[5]. Locomotion. [5], The House You Pass on the Way is a novel that touches on gay identity through the main characters of Staggerlee. Literature Resource Center. [9], Woodson lives in Park Slope, Brooklyn, with her partner Juliet Widoff, a physician. In her interview with Jennifer M. Brown she remembered: "The South was so lush and so slow-moving and so much about community. [12], Filmmaker Spike Lee and others made Miracle's Boys into a miniseries, airing in 2005. Her other awards include three Newbery Honors, two Coretta Scott King awards, two National Book Award finalists, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Brown Girl Dreaming won the E. B. Hardcover. I still pull him down from my shelf when I feel stuck. It was very well written and I liked that it was told from the perspective of a young boy. Nothing is static—not Lonnie himself, not his relationships, and certainly not his life. Contemporary Authors Online. The couple have two children, a daughter named Toshi Georgianna and a son named Jackson-Leroi. Jacqueline Woodson. [7] She also teaches teens at the National Book Foundation's summer writing camp where she co-edits the annual anthology of their combined work. White Read-Aloud Award in 2015. Sep 6, 2016 - Locomotion [Woodson, Jacqueline] on Amazon.com. Brooklyn was so much more diverse: on the block where I grew up, there were German people, people from the Dominican Republic, people from Puerto Rico, African-Americans from the South, Caribbean-Americans, Asians. [6], Woodson's youth was split between South Carolina and Brooklyn. June 13, 2009. It was very well written and I liked that it was told from the perspective of a young boy. I feel that I learned how to write from Baldwin. Sep 6, 2016 - Locomotion [Woodson, Jacqueline] on Amazon.com. eBooks. Living in foster care since the death of his parents in a fire, Lonnie is directing his grief and his hurt into poetry, with the help of his teacher. In an interview on National Public Radio (NPR) she said, "I'm writing about adolescents for adolescents. [5], After college, Woodson went to work for Kirchoff/Wohlberg, a children's packaging company. Throughout the collection, Lonnie’s personal growth corresponds with his willingness to become a more adventurous writer. Locomotion is urban poetry for youth at its best. Discover Like Books, Created by Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, Created by National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), Created by Association for Library Service to Children - ALSC, Created by Penguin Books for Young Readers, Created by Louisville Free Public Library. Along the way, he’s discovering he has both a talent and a need for writing. There are authors who write about adolescence or from a youth's point of view, but their work is intended for adult audiences. [6] She is also known for her optimism. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s, living with the remnants of Jim Crow and her growing awareness of the Civil Rights movement. Images courtesy of publishers, organizations, and sometimes their Twitter handles. I wanted to write about girls. Eleven-year-old Lonnie C. Motion—Locomotion for short—is writing to save his life. More about this book >, Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. She often does this with sympathetic characters put into realistic situations. Jacqueline Woodson (born February 12, 1963) is an American writer of books for children and adolescents. Sort field for winners: Locomotion. White Read-Aloud Award in 2015. She also states where she lives in her autobiography, Brown Girl Dreaming. [6], Some reviewers have labeled Woodson's writings as "issue-related", but she believes that her books address universal questions. "[10], The Dear One is notable for dealing with the differences between rich and poor within the black community. She was also a visiting fellow at the American Library in Paris in spring of 2017. NOOK Top 100 NY Times Bestsellers. from Louisville Free Public Library, Audiobook Excerpt More about this book >, Jaqueline Woodson speaking about writing her book in verse, Jacqueline Woodson accepts the 2014 National Book Award in Young People's Literature for Brown Girl Dreaming, Jacqueline Woodson reads from Brown Girl Dreaming at 2014 NBA Finalists Reading.