Leaving Lymon

<b>A companion novel to <i>Finding Langston</i> recipient of a Coretta Scott King Writing Honor and winner of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction. </b><br><br>Behind every bad boy is a story worth hearing and at least one chance for redemption. It's 1946 and Lymon uprooted from his life in the Deep South and moved up North needs that chance.<br><br>Lymon's father is for the time being at Parchman Farm--the Mississippi State Penitentiary--and his mother whom he doesn't remember all that much has moved North. Fortunately Lymon is being raised by his loving grandparents. Together Lymon and his grandpops share a love of music spending late summer nights playing the guitar. <br><br>But Lymon's world as he knows it is about to dissolve. He will be sent on a journey to two Northern cities far from the country life he loves--and the version of himself he knows. In this companion novel to the Coretta Scott King Honor wining<i> Finding Langston</i> readers will see a new side of the bully Lymon in this story of an angry boy whose raw talent resilience and devotion to music help point him in a new direction.<br><br><b>A <i>Kirkus Reviews</i> Best Book of the Year</b><br><b>A Junior Library Guild Selection!</b><br><b>Named a Best Multicultural Children's Book by the Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature</b> <br><b>A Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year!</b><br><b>A Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Blue Ribbon Book</b><br><br><br><br><b>Praise for <i>Finding Langston</i> a Coretta Scott King Honor Book and winner of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction</b><br><br>There aren't any explosions in this spare story. Nor is there a happy ending. Instead Langston discovers something more enduring: solace.--The New York Times<br><br>* this crisply paced book is full of historical details of the Great Migration and the role a historic branch library played in preserving African American literary culture.--The Horn Book Starred Review<br><br>* This is a story that will stay with readers long after they've finished it.--<i>School Library Journal</i> Starred Review<br><br>* The impact on the reader could not be more powerful. A memorable debut novel.<i>--Booklist</i> Starred Review<br><br>* A fascinating work of historical fiction . . . Cline-Ransome at her best.--<i>Kirkus Reviews</i> Starred Review<br><br>* Finding Langston is about cultural heritage and personal growth and at its heart about finding home wherever you land.--<i>Shelf Awareness</i> Starred Review