Locomotion
By: Jacqueline Woodson.
Publisher: Scholastic
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Number of pages: 100
ISBN-13: 9780439649735; 9780439636155
Subjects: African American boys -- Juvenile poetry.; Brothers and sisters -- Juvenile poetry.; Foster home care -- Juvenile poetry.; Orphans -- Juvenile poetry.; Schools -- Juvenile poetry.; Children's poetry, American.; Brothers and sisters -- Poetry.; African Americans -- Poetry.; Foster home care -- Poetry.; Orphans -- Poetry.; Schools -- Poetry.; American poetry.
Genres: Juvenile poetry.; Poetry.
Description: In a series of poems, eleven-year-old Lonnie writes about his life, after the death of his parents, separated from his younger sister, living in a foster home, and finding his poetic voice at school.