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Lena

Lena( )
Author: Woodson, Jacqueline
ISBN:978-0-399-24469-8
Publication Date:Dec 2006
Publisher:Penguin Publishing Group
Imprint:Putnam Juvenile
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $17.99
Book Description:

At the end of I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This, Marie's friend Lena and her little sister Dion ran away to escape their abusive father, leaving Marie full of longing and readers full of questions. Now Lena tells what happened to the two girls out in the world, and of their search for a place to belong and the home they dream of and deserve.

Book Details
Pages:144
Detailed Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / Runaways
Juvenile Fiction / Family / Siblings
Juvenile Fiction / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.74 x 8.54 x 0.68 Inches
Book Weight:0.62 Pounds
Author Biography
Woodson, Jacqueline (Author)
Jacqueline Woodson was born in Columbus, Ohio on February 12, 1963. She received a B.A. in English from Adelphi University in 1985. Before becoming a full-time writer, she worked as a drama therapist for runaways and homeless children in New York City. Her books include The House You Pass on the Way, I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This, Lena, and The Day You Begin. She won the Coretta Scott King Award in 2001 for Miracle's Boys. After Tupac and D Foster, Feathers, and Show Way won Newbery Honors. Brown Girl Dreaming won the E. B. White Read-Aloud Award in 2015. Her other awards include the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and the 2018 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. She was also selected as the Young People's Poet Laureate in 2015 by the Poetry Foundation.

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