After Tupac and D Foster by Jacqueline Woodson


After Tupac and D Foster
Title : After Tupac and D Foster
Author :
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ISBN : 0142413992
ISBN-10 : 0142413992
Language : English
Format Type : Kindle, Hardcover, Paperback
Number of Pages : 192 pages
Publication : Nancy Paulsen Books; Reprint edition (January 7, 2010)

A Newbery Honor BookThe day D Foster enters Neeka and her best friends lives, the world opens up for them. Suddenly theyre keenly aware of things beyond their block in Queens, things that are happening in the worldlike the shooting of Tupac Shakurand in search of their Big Purpose in life. Whenall too soonDs 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 Guideby 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 readersespecially those who have felt the loss of a friendshipwill identify with."Children's Literature

"Woodson creates a thought provoking story about the importance of acceptance and connections in life."VOYA

After Tupac and D Foster Reviews

  • George Frost

    We need to understand these children we label as throw aways. Tupac was the voice of these children, but gunned down so young, the voice was silenced. It really makes me wonder why Macomb X and Dr. King become victims of hate in this THUG life like Tupac.

  • bets29

    I've just completed this book for a college adolescent literary course and I will probably use this book when I begin teaching middle school. Yet I do feel that this book is for the 8th grade and high school. This book is about 3 African American girls who

  • CD/Book lover

    This book is a terrific slice of history and a bird's eye view into this working class community and the girls who become friends in the way that only teenage girls seem to do: deeply, passionately, and 'forever'. Ms. Woodson does a terrific job weaving in the unnerving

  • chili

    This book was an easy but good read. The end left me wondering about how the characters lives turned out. I would recommend.

  • That Girlie

    My daughter, who is an avid reader and hardly ever says that a book is boring, did not really enjoy this one. She had to read it for school (summer reading), and she found it to be very slow going. I guess the book won the Newberry award, but my teen and her friends had a

  • Morgan F. Payton

    I chose a fire for this book because it was very good but it could have been better in some ways. I would recommend this book for young African American girls. Maybe they'll understand some parts of the book .

  • Caryn

    I wish I had had this has a kid. I will read Woodson. Sweet and sure and real and good. Real good.

  • Dee Alexander

    Bought this book to read with a book lcub I go to with incarcerated girls. The kids were really into it. They loved Jaacqueline woodson stories.