Moonwalking / Zetta Elliott, Lyn Miller-Lachmann ; [illustrations by David Cooper].
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, 2022Edition: First editionDescription: 216 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780374314378
- 0374314373
- Moon walking
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's Fiction | ELLIOTT ZETTA | Available | 33111010645279 | ||||
Children's Book | Main Library | Children's Fiction | ELLIOTT ZETTA | Available | 33111010815799 | ||||
Children's Book | Northport Library | Children's Fiction | ELLIOTT ZETTA | Available | 33111009431608 |
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.