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National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson's stirring novel-in-verse explores how a family moves forward when their glory days have passed and the cost of professional sports on Black bodies.

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For as long as ZJ can remember, his dad has been everyone's hero. As a charming, talented pro football star, he's as beloved to the neighborhood kids he plays with as he is to his millions of adoring sports fans. But lately life at ZJ's house is anything but charming. His dad is having trouble remembering things and seems to be angry all the time. ZJ's mom explains it's because of all the head injuries his dad sustained during his career. ZJ can understand that--but it doesn't make the sting any less real when his own father forgets his name. As ZJ contemplates his new reality, he has to figure out how to hold on tight to family traditions and recollections of the glory days, all the while wondering what their past amounts to if his father can't remember it. And most importantly, can those happy feelings ever be reclaimed when they are all so busy aching for the past?

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	Remember Us	Harbor Me	If You Come Softly	Brown Girl Dreaming	The House You Pass On The Way	After Tupac and D Foster
Read more by Jacqueline Woodson:	National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson brings readers a powerful story that delves deeply into life’s burning questions about time and memory and what we take with us into the future.	Jacqueline Woodson celebrates the healing that can occur when a group of students share their stories.	A lyrical story of star-crossed love perfect for readers of The Hate U Give, by National Ambassador for Children’s Literature Jacqueline Woodson.	Jacqueline Woodson's National Book Award and Newbery Honor winner is a powerful memoir that tells the moving story of her childhood in mesmerizing verse.	A lyrical coming-of-age story.	A Newbery Honor Book that includes a discussion guide by Jacqueline Woodson.


	Peace, Locomotion	Locomotion	Feathers	Hush	From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun	Miracle's Boys
Read more books by Jacqueline Woodson:	The stunning companion to Locomotion.	Jacqueline Woodson's poignant story of love, loss, and hope is lyrically written and enormously accessible.	Jacqueline Woodson once again takes readers on a journey into a young girl’s heart and reveals the pain and the joy of learning to look beneath the surface.	Jacqueline Woodson weaves a fascinating portrait of a thoughtful young girl's coming of age in a world turned upside down.	Jacqueline Woodson explores race and sexuality through the eyes of a compelling narrator.	A novel that was awarded the 2001 Coretta Scott King award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.

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* “Woodson's text may be spare, but it has the emotional wallop of an offensive tackle.”—Shelf Awareness, starred review

* “Woodson’s latest novel in verse conveys that not all success stories have a fairy-tale ending. Readers will feel an immediate connection to ZJ and his group of authentic, complex friends and family. The idea of showing the dark side of fame through the experiences of a young family member is a unique perspective that will resonate with readers of all ages. ZJ’s story will stay with the audience long after the last page is read. A first choice for all collections. A unique take on sports and fame told from an unexpected perspective, and another incredible read delivered by Woodson.”—School Library Journal, starred review

* “Using spare and lyrical language for ZJ’s present-tense narration, which moves back and forth through time, Woodson skillfully portrays the confusion, fear, and sadness when a family member suffers from brain injury and the personality changes it brings. . . . The well-rounded secondary characters complete a mosaic of a loving African American family and their community of friends. . . . A poignant and achingly beautiful narrative shedding light on the price of a violent sport.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review

* “Woodson delivers a poignant new novel in verse that highlights an important topic within the sports world, especially football. . . . ZJ’s life quickly turns from charmed to tragic as he has to face that his father and family are forever changed. . . . Woodson again shows herself to be a masterful writer, and her meaningful exploration of concussions and head injuries in football, a subject rarely broached in middle-grade fiction, provides young athletes with necessary insights into sport's less glamorous side. In addition to this, it is a novel that explores family, mental illness, and the healing that a tight-knit, loving community can provide.”—Booklist, starred review

* “Woodson explores the impact of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) on football players and their families from the perspective of ZJ, son of tight end Zachariah ‘44’ Johnson. . . . In lyrical verse, Woodson conveys the confusion and loss that many families feel as they try to figure out what is wrong with their loved one. Each of the poems ably captures the voice of the story’s preteen boy protagonist; readers can feel the sense of love and loss that ZJ is experiencing as his dad slips away. Even though that loss is difficult, Woodson reminds readers that life’s challenges are more easily faced with the support of friends and family.”—Horn Book, starred review

* “A beautiful and heart-wrenching story. . . . Eloquent prose poetry creates a moving narrative that reveals the grief of a child trying to understand why his father has changed and why nothing can be done. An ardent account of the multitudes of losses experienced by those who suffer from chronic traumatic encephalopathy and its effects on their families, ZJ's doleful tale unveils the intense nostalgia and hope one can feel despite realizing that sometimes what is lost can never be regained."—Publishers Weekly, starred review

“This is a heartbreaking tale brimming with sympathy, and it draws much of its impact from the characterization of Zachariah’s father; while the portrait is obviously burnished by ZJ’s hero worship, it’s also clear that Zachariah Senior is a man of deep kindness and generosity who loves his son greatly, and whose decline leaves a huge hole in his fiercely close African-American family. ZJ’s move toward music and his increasing reliance on his friends are age-appropriate shifts that have particular poignance given the situation. While the football and CTE elements give this resonance for young athletes, many readers will be sadly familiar with the painful waning of a family member, and they’ll be heartened by ZJ’s love and resilience.”—The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books

About the Author

Jacqueline Woodson (www.jacquelinewoodson.com) is the recipient of a 2020 MacArthur Fellowship, the 2020 Hans Christian Andersen Award, the 2018 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, and the 2018 Children's Literature Legacy Award. She was the 2018-2019 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, and in 2015, she was named the Young People's Poet Laureate by the Poetry Foundation. She received the 2014 National Book Award for her New York Times bestselling memoir Brown Girl Dreaming, which was also a recipient of the Coretta Scott King Award, a Newbery Honor, the NAACP Image Award, and a Sibert Honor. She wrote the adult books Red at the Bone, a New York Times bestseller, and Another Brooklyn, a 2016 National Book Award finalist. Born in Columbus, Ohio, Jacqueline grew up in Greenville, South Carolina, and Brooklyn, New York, and graduated from college with a B.A. in English. She is the author of dozens of award-winning books for young adults, middle graders, and children; among her many accolades, she is a four-time Newbery Honor winner, a four-time National Book Award finalist, and a three-time Coretta Scott King Award winner. Her books include Coretta Scott King Award winner Before the Ever After, New York Times bestsellers The Day You Begin and Harbor Me; The Other Side, Each Kindness, Caldecott Honor book Coming On Home Soon; Newbery Honor winners Feathers, Show Way, and After Tupac and D Foster; and Miracle's Boys, which received the LA Times Book Prize and the Coretta Scott King Award. Jacqueline is also a recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement for her contributions to young adult literature and a two-time winner of the Jane Addams Children's Book Award. She lives with her family in Brooklyn, New York.

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Memory like a Movie

The memory goes like this:

Ollie’s got the ball and he’s running across my yard when
Dad comes out of nowhere,
soft tackles him to the ground.
Then everyone is cheering and laughing because
we didn’t even know my dad was home.

I thought you had a game, I say, grabbing him.
It’s a half hug, half tackle, but
the other guys—Darry and Daniel—hop on too
and Ollie’s escaped, so he jumps
on top of all of us jumping on my dad.

Yeah, Mr. J., Darry says. I thought we’d be watching you
on TV tonight.

Coach giving me a break, my daddy says. He climbs out
from under,
shaking us off like we’re feathers, not boys.

Ah man! Darry says.
Yeah, we all say. Ah man!

Sometimes a player needs to rest, Daddy says.
He looks at each of us for a long time.
A strange look. Like he’s just now seeing us.

Then he tosses the ball so far, we can’t even see it anymore.

And my boys say Ah man, you threw it too far!
while I go back behind the garage where
we have a whole bunch of footballs
waiting and ready
for when my daddy sends one into the abyss.

Everybody’s Looking for a Hero

Once, when I was a little kid,
this newscaster guy asked me if
my dad was my biggest hero.
No, I said. My dad’s just my dad.

There was a crowd of newscasters circling around me,
all of them with their microphones aimed
at my face. Maybe I was nervous, I don’t remember now.

Maybe it was after his first Super Bowl win, his ring
new and shining on his finger. Me just a little kid,
so the ring was this whole glittering world,
gold and black and diamonds against
my daddy’s brown hand.

I remember hearing the reporter say
Listen to those fans! Looks like everybody’s
found their next great hero.

And now I’m thinking back to those times
when the cold wind whipped around me and Mom
as we sat wrapped in blankets, yelling Dad’s name,
so close to the game, we could see the angry spit
spraying from the other team’s coach’s lips.
So close, we could see the sweat on my daddy’s neck.

And all the people around us cheering,
all the people going around calling out his number,
calling out his name.

Zachariah 44! Zachariah 44!

Is your daddy your hero? the newscaster had asked me.

And all these years later, just like that day, I know
he’s not my hero,
he’s my dad, which means
he’s my every single thing.

Day after the Game

Day after the game
and Daddy gets out of bed slow.
His whole body, he says,
is 223 pounds of pain
from toes to knees, from knees to ribs,
every single hit he took yesterday
remembered in the morning.

Before the Ever After

Before the ever after, there was Daddy driving
to Village Ice Cream
on a Saturday night in July before preseason training.

Before the ever after, there was Mom in the back seat
letting me ride up front, me and Daddy
having Man Time together
waving to everyone
who pointed at our car and said That’s him!

Before the ever after, the way people said
That’s him! sounded like a cheer.

Before the ever after, the people pointing
were always smiling.

Before the ever after, Daddy’s hands didn’t always tremble
and his voice didn’t shake
and his head didn’t hurt all the time.

Before the ever after, there were picnics
on Sunday afternoons in Central Park
driving through the tunnel to get to the city
me and Daddy making up songs.

Before the ever after, there were sandwiches
on the grass near Strawberry Fields
chicken salad and barbecue beef
and ham with apples and Brie
there were dark chocolates with almonds and
milk chocolates with coconut
and fruit and us just laughing and laughing.

Before the ever after, there was the three of us
and we lived happily
before the ever after.

Daniel

In second grade, Daniel walked over to me, Ollie and Darry,
said You guys want to race from here to the tree?
When he lost, he laughed and didn’t even care,
just high-fived Darry, who always wins
every race every time and said
You got feet like wings, bruh.

Then he got on his bike and we knew
he wasn’t regular. He was fearless.

Even back then, he could already
do things on a bike that a bike wasn’t made for doing—
popping wheelies and spinning and standing up on the seat
while holding on to the handlebars and speeding
down the steepest hills in town.

Me, Darry and Ollie used to call ourselves Tripod
cuz the three us came together like that.

But when we met Daniel, we became the Fantastic Four.

And even after he broke his arm
when he jumped a skate park ramp right into a wall,
he didn’t stop riding.
He said My cast is like a second helmet,
held it high in the air
with the unbroken arm holding the handlebars
and then not holding them and Daniel flying
around the park like some kid
gravity couldn’t mess with.
While me and Darry and Ollie watched him amazed.

And terrified.

ZJ

I used to wonder who I’d be if “Zachariah 44” Johnson
wasn’t my daddy.
First time people who know
even a little bit about football meet me,
it’s like they know him, not me. To them,
I’m Zachariah’s son.
The tight end guy’s kid.
I’m Zachariah Johnson Jr. ZJ. I’m the one
whose daddy plays pro ball. I’m the tall kid
with my daddy’s same broad shoulders. I’m the one
who doesn’t dream of going pro.

Music maybe.
But not football.

Still, even at school, feels like my dad’s in two places
at once—dropping me off out front, saying
Learn lots, little man, then
walking into the classroom ahead of me.
I mean, not him but
his shadow. And me almost invisible
inside it.

Except to my boys
who see me walking into the classroom and say

What’s up, ZJ?
Your mom throw any cookies in your lunch?
Then all three of them open their hands
beneath their desks so that when
the teacher’s back is turned

I can sneak them one.

You Love a Thing?

Ever since I was a little kid,
I’ve loved football, my daddy told me.
Through every broken toe and cracked rib
and jammed finger
and slam to the shoulder
and slam to the head, I still loved it.

You got something you love, little man?
Then you good.
You love food? You cook.
You love clothes? You design.
You love the wind and water? You sail.

Me, my daddy said,
I love everything about the game.
Even the smell of the ball.

Then he laughed, said
Imagine loving something so much, you love
the smell of it?

It smells like leather and dirt and sweat and new snow.
I love football with all
of my senses. Love the taste and feel
of the air in my mouth
running with the ball on a cold day. Love the smell
of the ball when I press it to my face
and the smell of the field right after it rains.

I love the way the sky looks as we stare up at it
while some celebrity sings “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
Love the sound of the crowd cheering us on.

When you love a thing, little man, my dad said,
you gotta love it with everything you got.
Till you can’t even tell where that thing you love begins
and where you end.

Who We Are & What We Love

Ollie divides fractions in his head,
can multiply them too—gives you the answer while
you’re still trying to write down the problem, knows
so much about so much but doesn’t show off
about knowing.

Darry—besides running fast, he can dance. Get the music
going and my boy moves like water flowing.
All smooth like that.

Daniel’s super chill, says stuff like
You okay, my man? You need to talk?
And really means it. And really listens.
Calls his bike a Magic Broom, spins it in so many circles
we all get dizzy, but not Daniel,
who bounces the front tire back to earth
without even blinking,
says That was for all of y’all who are stuck on the ground.

Me, I play the guitar. Mostly songs
that come into my head. Music
is always circling my brain. Hard to explain
how songs do that.
But when I play them, everything
makes some kind of strange sense like
my guitar has all the answers.

When I sing, the songs feel
as magic as Daniel’s bike
as brilliant as Ollie’s numbers
as smooth as Darry’s moves
as good as the four of us hanging out
on a bright cold Saturday afternoon.

It feels right
and clear
and always.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Nancy Paulsen Books (September 1, 2020)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 176 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0399545433
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0399545436
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 10 - 13 years
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 780L
Grade level ‏ : ‎ 5 - 6
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.6 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.81 x 0.72 x 8.56 inches

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NFL Father's Memories going from the eyes of a Child

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In this age of brain damaged football players, dementia, and Alzheimer's with NO CURE in sight, this is a bittersweet story about a child's life in a loving family with an active father who is recently out from playing football because of migraines. It's a book for people of all ages to read and maybe even scientists who might be pushed to find a way for NFL players to survive after the game. Little by little the hints are given and by the end, you might ask yourself if certain sports and unchecked head injuries from falls, hits, and accidents are important enough to check immediately and then for hard decisions to be made. This will perhaps change your life.

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A pro football player’s real success is his family

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A pro football player’s real achieves success —on the field and especially as a dad. Woodson creates memorable characters that readers will care deeply about. As they face the heart-breaking reality that football fame, once the distant dream becomes the great destroyer. I loved this book; it made me laugh, cry, and ponder the deep truths about what it is to be family and to be lucky enough to have friends that stand with you to share the good times and help shoulder the hard times

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Written in an interesting way, almost like a poem - I don’t know if this is a deliberate technique or just because it is a very short story expanded into book form.
It is touching, heartfelt, and contains important information (without being pedantic) for young people to learn about football injuries.

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I was so moved by this story. Watching someone that you love deal with a brain injury is so difficult. It was really interesting to read about it from a child’s perspective. The brotherhood of The Fantastic Four was so beautiful. We all need friends that understand the importance of just being present.

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Before the Ever After is a brilliant, true-to-life portrayal of a child coping with his famous father’s deterioration due to CTE. The father-son relationship reminded me a bit of the one in Caroline Gertler’s Many Points of Me. This verse novel is perfect for fans of realistic, contemporary middle-grade fiction by Black authors. Lovers of books about sports, music, and father-son relationships will also enjoy it.

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Heartbreaking yet wholesome

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This story is a love story / an ode to good friendships and steady interpersonal relationships. This story is about a young boy, experiencing the loss of his father.

Woodson packs so much emotion in such a short time (aka 167!! pages), while also shedding light on CTE and the lives of the players’ families.

10/10 recommend for a quick solid read.

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A poignant story of a boy's love for his father

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Excellent middle grade novel, written in verse. A professional football player is experiencing the effects of too many head injuries and his son tells the story of how it changes his family. The main character struggles to accept the changes in his once involved dad, now racked with headaches, angry outbursts, and bouts of forgetfulness. The book is also an ode to friendship and sticking together no matter what.

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This is a quick read but a good one. It details living with someone who has CTE and the loss of their future. It’s told from the sons point of view which makes it heart wrenching.

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