Moonwalking
Punk rock-loving JJ Pankowski can't seem to fit in at his new school in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, as one of the only white kids. Pie Velez, a math and history geek by day and graffiti artist by night is eager to follow in his idol, Jean-Michel Basquiat's, footsteps. The boys stumble into an un...
| Main Authors: | Elliott, Zetta (Author), Miller-Lachmann, Lyn, 1956- (Author) |
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| Other Authors: | Cooper, David (Illustrator) (Illustrator) |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers,
2022.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
Punk rock-loving JJ Pankowski can't seem to fit in at his new school in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, as one of the only white kids. Pie Velez, a math and history geek by day and graffiti artist by night is eager to follow in his idol, Jean-Michel Basquiat's, footsteps. The boys stumble into an unlikely friendship, swapping notes on their love of music and art, which sees them through a difficult semester at school and at home. But a run-in with the cops threatens to unravel it all. |
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| Physical Description: |
216 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Audience: |
Ages 10-14. Grades 7-9. |
| ISBN: |
9780374314378 0374314373 |
| Author Notes: |
Zetta Elliott is a Black feminist writer of poetry, plays, essays, novels, and stories for children. Her poetry has been published in We Rise, We Resist, We Raise our Voices , and her picture book, Bird , won the Honor Award in Lee & Low Books' New Voices Contest and the Paterson Prize for Books for Young Readers. Her picture book, A Place Inside of Me (FSG Young Readers) was heralded as a "resonant exultation of community and the importance of self-reflection." She lives in West Philadelphia. |