Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson5/20/2023 So despite the heavy terrain Woodson dives into, this book remains pretty easy to read-though we'll stop short of saying it's light as a feather. Otherwise she wouldn't have won the Newberry Honor Medal for this one. But have no fear, because Woodson totally nails it. Sound like a lot to fit into one book? It is. Nope-she also examines spiritual discovery, ableism, family dynamics, and the pains of hanging out in that tentative place between childhood and adolescence. Published in 2010, award-winning author Jacqueline Woodson doesn't just tackle race relations in this book. Or maybe you'd be like Frannie, our main girl in Feathers, and decide to give the new kid a chance. Not sure how you'd react? Maybe you'd join the masses in treating Jesus Boy like he's an unwelcome weirdo. Allow us to set the scene for you, Shmoopers: It's 1970s America, and you're sitting in your sixth-grade classroom-which is filled entirely with black kids, because only black families live on this side of town-when in walks a white boy who lets you all know that he'd really prefer to be called Jesus Boy.
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