num_pages: 112
description: When Lonnie Collins Motion "Locomotion" was seven years old, his life changed forever. Now he's eleven, and his life is about to change again. His teacher, Ms. Marcus, is showing him ways to put his jumbled feelings on paper. And suddenly, Lonnie has a whole new way to tell the world about his life, his friends, his little sister Lili, and even his foster mom, Miss Edna, who started out crabby but isn’t so bad after all. Jacqueline Woodson’s novel-in-poems is humorous, heartbreaking . . . a triumph.
language: English
title: Locomotion
titlecomplete: Locomotion
genres: Cultural, Childrens, Fiction, Juvenile, African American, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Family, Poetry, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 7042
series: Locomotion
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Coretta Scott King Book Award
category: Author Honor, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Judy Lopez Memorial Award for Children's Literature, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Young People's Literature, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award
publisher: Speak