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From the notebooks of Melanin Sun

From the notebooks of Melanin Sun

Jacqueline Woodson

3.5on Hardcover

About this book

Melanin Sun has a lot to say. But sometimes it's hard to speak his mind, so he fills up notebooks with his thoughts instead. He writes about his mom a lotu they're about as close as they can be, because they have no other family. So when she suddenly tells him she's gay, his world is turned upside down. And if that weren't hard enough for him to accept, her girlfriend is white. Melanin Sun is angry and scared. How can his mom do this to himuis this the end of their closeness? What will his friends think? And can he let her girlfriend be part of their family?

Details

OL Work ID
OL85370W

Subjects

African AmericansFictionJuvenile fictionLesbiansMothers and sonsReading Level-Grade 7Reading Level-Grade 9Reading Level-Grade 8Reading Level-Grade 11Reading Level-Grade 10Reading Level-Grade 12Lesbian mothersMother-son relationshipLGBTQ young adultLambda Literary AwardsLambda Literary Award WinnerChildren's fictionHomosexuality, fiction

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