Leaving Lymon

by Lesa Cline-Ransome

Book Overview

A companion novel to Finding Langston, recipient of a Coretta Scott King Writing Honor and winner of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction.

Behind every bad boy is a story worth hearing and at least one chance for redemption. It's 1946 and Lymon, uprooted from his life in the Deep South and moved up North, needs that chance.

Lymon's father is, for the time being, at Parchman Farm--the Mississippi State Penitentiary--and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823444422
• ISBN13: 9780823444427
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Holiday House
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 4.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7