A Newbery Honor Book
Jacqueline Woodson is the 2018-2019 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature The day D Foster enters Neeka and her best friend's lives, the world opens up for them. D comes from a world vastly different from their safe Queens neighborhood, and through her, the girls see another side of life that includes loss, foster families and an amount of freedom that makes the girls envious. Although all of them are crazy about Tupac Shakur's rap music, D is the one who truly understands the place where he's coming from, and through knowing D, Tupac's lyrics become more personal for all of them.
The girls are thirteen when D's mom swoops in to reclaim D--and as magically as she appeared, she now disappears from their lives. Tupac is gone, too, after another shooting; this time fatal. As the narrator looks back, she sees lives suspended in time, and realizes that even all-too-brief connections can touch deeply.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books
Published: 01/10/2008
ISBN: 9780399246548
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.63lbs
Size: 8.44h x 5.77w x 0.71d
Award: Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended
Award: Children's Book Committee Award - Winner
Award: Volunteer State Book Awards - Nominee
Award: Virginia Readers Choice Award - Nominee
Award: Newbery Medal - Honor Book
Review Citations: Kirkus Review - Children 12/01/2007 pg. 1251
Publishers Weekly 12/10/2007 pg. 56
Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2008 pg. 98
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 01/01/2008 pg. 230 - Recommended
Voice of Youth Advocates 02/01/2008 pg. 537 - Recommended - Hard To Beat
Booklist 02/01/2008 pg. 51
School Library Journal 04/01/2008 pg. 154
New York Times Book Review 05/11/2008 pg. 20
Multicultural Review 09/01/2008 pg. 86
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2008 - Superior,Well Above Average
Hornbook Guide to Children 10/01/2008 pg. 359 - Superior,Well Above Average
ALA Best Books Young Adults 03/15/2009 pg. 8
ALA Notable Children's Books 03/15/2009 pg. 23
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 120399 / After Tupac and D Foster
Reading Level: 4.7 /
Interest Level: Upper Grade /
Point Value: 4