It’s 1946, and Lymon, uprooted from his life in the Deep South and moved up North, needs that chance. 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. 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-winning Finding Langston, listeners 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.
Library Audiobook
Leaving Lymon
Author | Lesa Cline-Ransome, Dion Graham |
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Release | 4–28–2020 |
Audience | Juvenile |
Publisher | Dreamscape Media |
Subjects | Juvenile Fiction, Juvenile Literature, Historical Fiction |