Then Lolly's mother's girlfriend brings him a gift that will change everything: two enormous bags filled with Legos. They're still reeling from his older brother's death in a gang-related shooting just a few months earlier. It's Christmas Eve in Harlem, but twelve-year-old Lolly Rachpaul and his mom aren't celebrating. Publisher's synopsis: A boy tries to steer a safe path through the projects in Harlem in the wake of his brother's death in this outstanding debut novel that's been described as a "fast and furious read in which we meet some amazing people, people that stay with us" by Newbery Honor and National Book Award-winning author Jacqueline Woodson. Genres: Death and Dying, Family, OwnVoices, Teen Years Published by Random House Children's Books on September 15th 2017 The Stars Beneath Our Feet by David Barclay Moore Lolly’s creativity, too, is a force he can harness. Debut author David Barclay Moore writes with open eyes about the challenges of Lolly’s life as a Black boy in a poor neighborhood on the cusp of young adulthood, and with eyes just as wide he shows the many things Lolly has going for him: his terrific mom and her wonderful girlfriend his dad, who may not be around every day but is a constant regardless the community center director the neighbor who gave him the book his best friend Vega the list goes on.
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