Before the Ever After by Jacqueline Woodson [in School Library Journal]
24 Jul, by Audio, Black/African American, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Poetry, Repost, Verse Novel/Nonfiction
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*STARRED REVIEW The “Before” was when ZJ’s football-playing father was “everybody’s … next great hero,” but to ZJ, world-famous “Zachariah 44!” was “just my dad … which means / he’s my every single thing.” For most of 12-year-old ZJ’s life, Daddy was the very best parent,...