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Moonwalking / Zetta Elliott, Lyn Miller-Lachmann ; [illustrations by David Cooper].

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, 2022Edition: First editionDescription: 216 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780374314378
  • 0374314373
Other title:
  • Moon walking
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: In 1980s Brooklyn, new student JJ Pankowski, an autistic punk rock lover, befriends Pie Velez, an Afro-Latinx math geek and graffiti artist.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's Fiction ELLIOTT ZETTA Available 33111010645279
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Fiction ELLIOTT ZETTA Available 33111010815799
Children's Book Children's Book Northport Library Children's Fiction ELLIOTT ZETTA Available 33111009431608
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

"This novel in verse, alternately narrated by two boys in 1980s Greenpoint, Brooklyn, one channeled by Elliott and one by Miller-Lachmann, eloquently tackles race, culture and life on the spectrum." -- The New York Times

For fans of Jason Reynolds and Jacqueline Woodson, this middle-grade novel-in-verse follows two boys in 1980s Brooklyn as they become friends for a season.

Punk rock-loving JJ Pankowski can't seem to fit in at his new school in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, as one of the only white kids. Pie Velez, a math and history geek by day and graffiti artist by night is eager to follow in his idol, Jean-Michel Basquiat's, footsteps. The boys stumble into an unlikely friendship, swapping notes on their love of music and art, which sees them through a difficult semester at school and at home. But a run-in with the cops threatens to unravel it all.

From authors Zetta Elliott and Lyn Miller-Lachmann, Moonwalking is a stunning exploration of class, cross-racial friendships, and two boys' search for belonging in a city as tumultuous and beautiful as their hearts.

Ages 8-12. Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers.

Grades 10-12. Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers.

In 1980s Brooklyn, new student JJ Pankowski, an autistic punk rock lover, befriends Pie Velez, an Afro-Latinx math geek and graffiti artist.

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