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The House You Pass On The Way
The House You Pass On The Way | Jacqueline Woodson
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A lyrical coming-of-age story from a three-time Newbery Honor winning author Thirteen-year-old Staggerlee used to be called Evangeline, but she took on a fiercer name. She's always been different--set apart by the tragic deaths of her grandparents in an anti-civil rights bombing, by her parents' interracial marriage, and by her family's retreat from the world. This summer she has a new reason to feel set apart--her confused longing for her friend Hazel. When cousin Trout comes to stay, she gives Staggerlee a first glimpse of her possible future selves and the world beyond childhood.
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The House You Pass On The Way | Jacqueline Woodson
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Jacqueline Woodson writes the most simple, straightforward stories in beautiful language. I could never get tired of reading her.

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suzisteffen
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#HelloThursday @wanderinglynn
1. I‘m going to list several faves - A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Watership Down, and The Dark Is Rising

2. Hahah reading! Always.

3. Anything that didn‘t involve reading, but probably the dishes.

4. All of my books aside, I had a little pegasus whom I called “Gaudior” (See 1a).

5. One of my faves, anyway.

wanderinglynn It is hard to pick just one when there are so many wonderful childhood books! Thanks for playing! 💜 5y
TobeyTheScavengerMonk LOVE The Dark is Rising and anything L‘Engle! 5y
suzisteffen @wanderinglynn thanks for starting it! 5y
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suzisteffen @TobeyTheScavengerMonk Silver on the Tree got me addicted to Welsh when I was a kid, and for the last almost three years, I‘ve been learning it on Duolingo. 😍 5y
TobeyTheScavengerMonk That‘s amazing. I memorized all the prophetic poems when I was in middle school, including the Welsh bits phonetically. Little did I know then that Welsh does not sound at all like it looks to American eyes! 5y
suzisteffen @TobeyTheScavengerMonk oooh! I did not memorize the poems! Might have to go back and read again! 5y
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I‘m realizing I‘m a bit of a Woodson fan girl. Her writing is just so beautiful, observant, and sensitive. I can imagine some readers might criticize this story for the sexual orientation confusion of one of the characters, but IMHO, I don‘t believe it‘s warranted. They are adolescent girls discovering themselves, which we know isn‘t always clear or easy.

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This is my third Jacqueline Woodson novel.
"And freedom? Oh freedom. Well that's just some people talking. Your prison is walking through this world all alone."

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pinkBBwhiskey
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Best short read. This one is going in the permanent collection.

Matilda I love her. 8y
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