Clem can make anybody, even his grumpy older sisters, smile with his jokes. But when his family receives news that his father has died in the infamous Port Chicago disaster, everything begins to fall apart. Clem's mother is forced to work long, tough hours as a maid for a wealthy white family. Soon Clem can barely recognize his home—and himself. Can he live up to his father's legacy? In her award-winning trilogy, Lesa Cline-Ransome masterfully recreates mid-twentieth century America through the eyes of three boys: Langston, Lymon, and, now, Clem. Exploring the impact of the Great Migration, the Harlem Renaissance, Jim Crow laws, and much more, Lesa's work manages at once to be both an intimate portrait of each boy and his family as well as a landscape of American history.
One Big Open Sky
Lesa Cline-Ransome
audiobook
Fighting with Love : The Legacy of John Lewis
Lesa Cline-Ransome
book
Loud and Proud : The Life of Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm
Lesa Cline-Ransome
book
The Story of the Saxophone
Lesa Cline-Ransome
audiobook
For Lamb
Lesa Cline-Ransome
audiobook
Leaving Lymon
Lesa Cline-Ransome
audiobook
Finding Langston
Lesa Cline-Ransome
audiobook
Just a Lucky So and So
Lesa Cline-Ransome
audiobook
Benny Goodman and Teddy Wilson (Audio)
Lesa Cline-Ransome
audiobook