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Title details for Finding Langston by Lesa Cline-Ransome - Available

Finding Langston

by Lesa Cline-Ransome
Dion Graham
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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.
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Publisher: Dreamscape Media Edition: Unabridged
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  • ISBN: 9781666591453
  • File size: 74281 KB
  • Release date: August 14, 2018
  • Duration: 02:34:45
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Juvenile Fiction Juvenile Literature Historical Fiction

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English

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Lexile® Measure:760
Text Difficulty:3-4

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.
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Juvenile Fiction Juvenile Literature Historical Fiction
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