num_pages: 141
description: Jacqueline Woodson's remarkable, award-winning story of a boy coming to grips a sudden change in his family. Melanin Sun's mother has some big news: she's in love with a woman. Now he has many decisions to make: Should he stand by his mother even though it could mean losing his friends? Should he abandon the only family he's ever known? Either way, Melanin Sun is about to learn the true meaning of sacrifice, prejudice, and love.
language: English
title: From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun
titlecomplete: From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun
characters: Melanin Sun, Ralphael, Kristin, Sean Ryder, (his mother) Encarta Cedar...E.C
genres: LGBT, Teen, Race, African American, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Family, Fiction, Queer, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 1460
places: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, The United States of America
awards: awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Jane Addams Children's Book Award
category: Older Children, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Coretta Scott King Book Award
category: Author Honor, awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Lambda Literary Award
category: Children’s/Young Adult, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Margaret A. Edwards Award
publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks