Before the Ever After
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Before the Ever After
Before the Ever After
A powerful and gripping story from multi-award-winning Jacqueline Woodson about a boy who loves his dad more than anything, and how a family can find happiness in the darkest moments.
For as long as ZJ can remember, his dad has always been everyone's hero: a pro football superstar, a beloved member of the neighbourhood, and a really, really great dad. But there's something not right about ZJ's dad these days. He's having trouble remembering things, seems to be angry all the time, and is starting to forget ZJ's name.
Bit by bit, ZJ has to face this new reality that his family can't keep holding on to his dad's glory days. As his dad begins to have more bad than good days, will they ever find happiness again?
Written in lyrical, emotive poetry, Before the Ever After is beautiful and accessibleβperfect for readers aged 9+.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781510111776
Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 23 May 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Orion Children's Books
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 18.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 167g
Pages: 176
About the Author
Jacqueline Woodson is one of the US's most acclaimed contemporary authors for young people. She first came to attention with her multi-award-winning book Brown Girl Dreaming, a memoir in blank verse of her childhood and family life moving between the American South and New York. She was the Young People's Poet Laureate from 2015 to 2017 and the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature for 2018-19. She was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 2020.
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