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Woodson, Jacqueline.

Peace, Locomotion / Jacqueline Woodson. - New York : Putnam's, c2009. - 134 p ; 22 cm.

Booklist. Pub Weekly. School Library Journal starred.

Through letters to his little sister, who is living in a different foster home, sixth-grader Lonnie, also known as "Locomotion," keeps a record of their lives while they are apart, describing his own foster family, including his foster brother who returns home after losing a leg in the Iraq War.

5.0 Follett Library Resources. raq War. 5.0. 5-8 Follett Library Resources. Follett Library Resources 5-8.

ISBN: 039924655X 9780399246555 (trade)

LCCN: 2008018583

Subjects--Topical Terms:
African Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Brothers and sisters--Juvenile fiction.
Foster home care--Juvenile fiction.
Letters--Juvenile fiction.
Orphans--Juvenile fiction.
Peace--Juvenile fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Brothers and sisters--Fiction.
Foster home care--Fiction.
Letters--Fiction.
Orphans--Fiction.
Peace--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Foster home care--Fiction.
Letters--Fiction.
Orphans--Fiction.
Peace--Fiction.
Siblings--Fiction.

Index Terms--Curriculum Objective:
sears

LC Class. No.: PZ7.W868 / Pe 2009

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]