num_pages: 112
description: Reeve McLain, Jr.--Junebug--has a big dream that keeps him going. He dreams that someday he and his younger sister and mother will move from the awful housing project where drugs, gangs, and guns are part of everyday life. Junebug's 10th birthday is coming up, and he knows the gangs and drug dealers will be after him to join them. But he has a big birthday plan to keep his hope alive.
language: English
title: Junebug
titlecomplete: Junebug (Junebug, #1)
genres: Fiction, Family, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Chapter Books, Childrens, Realistic Fiction, Contemporary, African American
ratings_count: 329
places: Connecticut, New Haven, Connecticut
series: Junebug
publisher: Yearling