Finding Langston
Lesa Cline-Ransome
After his mother dies, eleven-year-old Langston moves with his father from Alabama to Chicago in the late 1940s. Both are grieving, and Langston is teased at school after the move. Avoiding a bully one afternoon, he enters a Chicago public-library branch and discovers its welcoming space. There he finds poems by Langston Hughes, whose words make him feel understood and help him begin to feel at home.
This book appears on 4 reading lists across 2 editions from 4 organizations.
