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Three-time Newbery Honor author Jacqueline Woodson explores race and sexuality through the eyes of a compelling narrator

Melanin Sun has a lot to say. But sometimes it's hard to speak his mind, so he fills up notebooks with his thoughts instead. He writes about his mom a lot--they're about as close as they can be, because they have no other family. So when she suddenly tells him she's gay, his world is turned upside down. And if that weren't hard enough for him to accept, her girlfriend is white. Melanin Sun is angry and scared. How can his mom do this to him-- is this the end of their closeness? What will his friends think? And can he let her girlfriend be part of their family?

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Nancy Paulsen Books
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July 8, 2010
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"Woodson's perceptively wrought novel imaginatively tackles such weighty issues as racism and sexuality. Offering no easy answers, Woodson teaches the reader that love can lead to acceptance of all manner of differences." - "Publishers Weekly"

?Woodson's perceptively wrought novel imaginatively tackles such weighty issues as racism and sexuality. Offering no easy answers, Woodson teaches the reader that love can lead to acceptance of all manner of differences. "Publishers Weekly"

Woodson s perceptively wrought novel imaginatively tackles such weighty issues as racism and sexuality. Offering no easy answers, Woodson teaches the reader that love can lead to acceptance of all manner of differences. "Publishers Weekly"

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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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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Nancy Paulsen Books; Reprint edition (July 8, 2010)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 176 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 014241641X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0142416419
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 10 - 17 years
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 690L
Grade level ‏ : ‎ 5 - 9
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.59 x 0.49 x 8.26 inches

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Jacqueline Woodson's memoir BROWN GIRL DREAMING won the 2014 National Book Award and was a NY Times Bestseller. Her novel, ANOTHER BROOKLYN, was a National Book Award finalist and an Indie Pick in 2016. Among her many awards, she the recipient of the Kurt Vonnegut Award, four Newbery Honors, two Coretta Scott King Award, and the Langston Hughes Medal. Jacqueline is the author of nearly thirty books for young people and adults including EACH KINDNESS, IF YOU COME SOFTLY, LOCOMOTION and I HADN'T MEANT TO TELL YOU THIS. She served as Young People's Poet Laureate from 2014-2016, was a fellow at The American Library in Paris, occasionally writes for the New York Times, is currently working on more books and like so many writers - lives with her family in Brooklyn, New York.

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A Story the Family Could Share

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After reading many of Jacqueline Woodson's short stories from various black LGBT anthologies, I finally got a chance to read one of her heartfelt, moving novellas in 'From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun.' Melanin Sun is a 14-year-old, dark skinned, quiet guy whose only family is his mother E.C. and longs to ask out his crush Angie out. While dealing with some obstacles that he faces in his young life, he writes his thoughts and challenges down in his notebooks to express what he normally wouldn't say out aloud (not even to his close mother). In the meantime, his mother makes a revelation to him that throws him for a loop when his mother reveals she's in love with a white woman by the name of Kristin. This truly tests the bond between mother and son through the majority of the story as he tries to either accept his mother's new found sexual identity along with racial issues that he expresses through some insistence in the book.

As a twenty-something, I actually liked this story. While it is a simple, easy read, I do feel a lot of people who truly take a chance reading can take something out of it no matter how young or old they maybe. Melanin Sun is written in a very touching and realistic that some kids his age could definitely relate to. I also like how Woodson writes a story centering around a parent's sexuality that could prove being an emotional shift between parent and child. I'd say if you're an open-minded parent(s) with kid(s) read this together as a family it's very short and a nice heartwarming read.

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I have loved every book by Woodson that I have read. She has a special way of writing that is intriguing and keeps you wanting more. I am only sad when the book ends. I never want them to end.

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This is a pretty short book that I was required to read in ...

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This is a pretty short book that I was required to read in my college literature class. It tells the story of a young, very poor African-American child of a single mother, and how their relationship changes when Melanin Sun finds out his mother is gay, and also is with a rich white woman. It was a very well-written book that really put you in Melanin Sun's place and made you feel for him. However, it has a lot of different challenges all thrown at Melanin Sun and it makes it a little overwhelming. This is an awesome book to read if you want to learn about a different type of life than you live; it really gives you a wonderful perspective from a different lens than you're used to. It was also a pretty easy read. I enjoyed it much more than most of my other literature class books for this reason - it was pretty easy to understand and straight-forward.

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Kali

Interesting storyline that lacked some follow through

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 6, 2010

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This was the first Woodson book I've read and I am interested in reading more from her. She developed the characters well and I enjoyed how the story moved along. On the downside, I felt the ending was rushed, underdeveloped, and somewhat unrealistic (I would go into detail but I don't want to spoil it). Though I was less than impressed with the ending, the book was a great read and I'm waiting for my next Woodson book as I type.

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Great reading for my 10 year old

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Great reading for my 10 year old. It applied the topic of gender and prejudices, which they talked about in school. My son enjoyed the book and so did I. It is also a rather fast read, which helps kids who are not very avid readers and might be intimidated by bigger books.

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It tells a story from a raw perspective that is rarely seen in literature. I loved the poetry in the book. The novel got me thinking and rethinking about how I view the world.

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Awesome book

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 11, 2018

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Love this book.

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Bought this as a gift to my friend. But this has been a fave of mine.

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A good book that shows the prejudice LGBT individuals and their friends and family have to face. But love is expressed in many different ways, a lesson Mel learns in this novel.

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