The Jacqueline Woodson Collection 8 Books Collection Set - Ages 9-12 Fiction - Paperback

Titles in This Set
Peace, Locomotion
After Tupac and D Foster
Feathers
Locomotion
Hush
Miracle's Boys
The House You Pass on the Way
From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun

Details
Condition: Brand New
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books
Age Range: Ages 9-12 (Grades 4-7)

Overview
The Jacqueline Woodson Collection gathers eight acclaimed novels and verse narratives from beloved author Jacqueline Woodson into one brand-new paperback box set. Winner of the National Book Award for her memoir Brown Girl Dreaming, Woodson writes with a lyrical honesty that has made her one of the most celebrated voices in children's and young adult literature. These eight standalone stories, including Locomotion, Feathers, Hush, and Miracle's Boys, follow young narrators navigating foster care, friendship, grief, and hope across city blocks, classrooms, and family kitchens. Perfect for middle grade and tween readers building a home library, classroom shelf, or thoughtful gift collection.

About the Books
Across eight interconnected yet standalone novels, Jacqueline Woodson explores the everyday lives of young people navigating family upheaval, friendship, and the search for identity in urban American neighborhoods. Several titles, including Locomotion and its companion Peace, Locomotion, follow Lonnie, a boy in foster care who turns to poetry to hold on to memories of his sister Lili. Others, like After Tupac and D Foster and Feathers, examine how new friendships and unexpected encounters can reshape a young person's sense of possibility and hope. Hush follows a girl adjusting to a new identity after her family enters witness protection, while Miracle's Boys, winner of the Coretta Scott King Award, follows three brothers holding their family together after loss. The House You Pass on the Way and From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun both center on young narrators confronting questions of identity, sexuality, and belonging within their families and communities. Throughout the collection, Woodson's spare, poetic prose style gives weight to small daily moments, letters, and journal entries, allowing readers to sit with grief, resilience, and love without sentimentality. Themes of foster care, chosen family, race, and coming to terms with a changing world recur across the set, connected less by plot than by Woodson's consistent attention to interior life. Together, these eight books offer a layered, honest portrait of growing up, ideal for readers who appreciate character-driven middle grade and young adult fiction with emotional depth and social awareness.

Key Benefits

• Complete eight-book paperback set from acclaimed, award-winning author Jacqueline Woodson
• Brand new condition, ideal for building a home library, classroom shelf, or gift collection
• Award-winning storytelling, including a Coretta Scott King Award-winning title
• Character-driven stories covering foster care, friendship, identity, and family for middle grade and tween readers
• Standalone novels that can be read in any order, perfect for reluctant and avid readers alike
• A meaningful gift for birthdays, back-to-school, holidays, or summer reading lists

Book-by-Book Guide
Peace, Locomotion — Told entirely through Lonnie's letters to his sister Lili, this companion to Locomotion explores family, war, and hope while the siblings live apart in foster care.
After Tupac and D Foster — Neeka and her best friend's world expands when D Foster enters their Queens neighborhood, sparking questions about freedom and possibility.
Feathers — Frannie's classroom encounter with a poem about hope collides with the arrival of a new student who unsettles her ideas about race and belief.
Locomotion — Eleven-year-old Lonnie, orphaned by a fire, begins writing poems to hold on to memories of his family after he and his sister Lili are separated in foster care.
Hush — After her family enters witness protection under new identities, Evie Thomas grapples with fear, faith, and what it means to belong.
Miracle's Boys — Brothers Lafayette, Charlie, and Ty'ree hold their family together after their parents' deaths in this Coretta Scott King Award-winning novel.
The House You Pass on the Way — Staggerlee, a biracial teenager, spends a transformative summer questioning her identity and her feelings for a visiting cousin.
From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun — Thirteen-year-old Melanin Sun must come to terms with his mother's announcement that she has fallen in love with a woman.

About the Author
Jacqueline Woodson is an American author whose memoir Brown Girl Dreaming won the 2014 National Book Award and was a New York Times bestseller. Her novel Another Brooklyn was a National Book Award finalist. Over a career spanning nearly thirty books for young people and adults, Woodson has received four Newbery Honors, two Coretta Scott King Awards, the Langston Hughes Medal, and the Kurt Vonnegut Award. Known for her lyrical, emotionally honest prose, she writes about family, identity, and community with rare tenderness, making this collection a showcase of her most beloved coming-of-age novels.

Why You'll Love This Collection
This eight-book paperback set is a rich, ready-made home library or classroom collection for tweens who love character-driven stories. With award-winning storytelling spanning foster care, friendship, grief, and self-discovery, it's a thoughtful birthday gift, holiday stocking stuffer, or back-to-school addition that keeps young readers turning pages long after summer reading lists end.

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