After Tupac & D Foster

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  • A
  • Newbery
  • Honor
  • BookThe
  • day
  • D
  • Foster
  • enters
  • Neeka
  • and
  • her
  • best
  • friend’s
  • lives,
  • the
  • world
  • opens
  • up
  • for
  • them.
  • Suddenly
  • they’re
  • keenly
  • aware
  • of
  • things
  • beyond
  • their
  • block
  • in
  • Queens,
  • things
  • that
  • are
  • happening
  • in
  • the
  • world—like
  • the
  • shooting
  • of
  • Tupac
  • Shakur—and
  • in
  • search
  • of
  • their
  • Big
  • Purpose
  • in
  • life.
  • When—all
  • too
  • soon—D’s
  • mom
  • swoops
  • in
  • to
  • reclaim
  • her,
  • and
  • Tupac
  • dies,
  • they
  • are
  • left
  • with
  • a
  • sense
  • of
  • how
  • quickly
  • things
  • can
  • change
  • and
  • how
  • even
  • all-too-brief
  • connections
  • can
  • touch
  • deeply.**Includes
  • a
  • Discussion
  • Guide
  • by
  • Jacqueline
  • Woodson"A
  • slender,
  • note-perfect
  • novel."—The
  • Washington
  • Post"The
  • subtlety
  • and
  • depth
  • with
  • which
  • the
  • author
  • conveys
  • the
  • girls'
  • relationships
  • lend
  • this
  • novel
  • exceptional
  • vividness
  • and
  • staying
  • power."—Publishers
  • Weekly"Jacqueline
  • Woodson
  • has
  • written
  • another
  • absorbing
  • story
  • that
  • all
  • readers—especially
  • those
  • who
  • have
  • felt
  • the
  • loss
  • of
  • a
  • friendship—will
  • identify
  • with."—Children's
  • Literature**"Woodson
  • creates
  • a
  • thought-provoking
  • story
  • about
  • the
  • importance
  • of
  • acceptance
  • and
  • connections
  • in life."—VOYA
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