Locomotion
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Average rating3.5
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.
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2 primary booksLocomotion is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 2003 with contributions by Jacqueline Woodson.
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Lonnie Collins Motion (get it? Lo Co
Motion) has a hard life. Both his
parents were killed in a house fire
and he and his sister have been sent
to live separately with new parents.
Lonnie's teacher is showing the class
how to write poetry and Lonnie is
loving it; the entire book is written
as a series of poems, with Lonnie
intermingling poems about his difficult
life with his dreams of being back
together with his sister.
