Binding: Hardcover
Description: " 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.
Title: Moonwalking
Author(s): Miller - Lachmann Lyn
Publisher: Farrar Straus And Giroux (Byr)
Barcode: 9780374314378
Pages: 224 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 4/12/2022
Category: Children’S & Teenage Fiction & True Stories