Finding Langston

But his new home has one fantastic thing.

Yoto Says: A powerful story set in Chicago's South Side about a boy who discovers the poetry of Langston Hughes.

When eleven-year-old Langston's mother dies in 1946, Langston and his father leave rural Alabama for Chicago's brown belt as a part of what came to be known as the Great Migration.

There, hiding out after school, Langston discovers another Langston, a poet whom he learns inspired his mother enough to name her only son after him.

There, hiding out after school, Langston discovers another Langston, a poet whom he learns inspired his mother enough to name her only son after him. © 2018 by Lesa Cline-Ransome.

It's lonely in the small apartment with just the two of them, and Langston is bullied at school.

Unlike the whites-only library in Alabama, the local public library welcomes everyone.

Published by arrangement with Holiday House Publishing, Inc. © 2018 by Lesa Cline-Ransome.

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