After Tupac & D Foster, (Hardcover)

from chrisblocker

1994 was a huge year for me. I was fifteen and, looking back, I feel like that was the year I broke free from my cocoon of childhood. Music played a large part. I had two older brothers. We watched a lot of MTV. I distinctly remember the moments that stirred my emotions on several occasions that ...

from eroberts.teach

I am not a Tupac fan but enjoyed seeing how others viewed him and his music. I thought the book was beautifully written. How do three girls deal with growing up, friendship, and their families -one in foster care, and one in a big family with two sets of twins, a basketball hopeful and a homosexu...

from mstanley33

After Tupac and D Foster by Jacqueline Woodson is a Newbery Award Winner. This book addresses many issues but the main theme is friendship. Two girls who have been best friends their whole lives meet a girl named "D". D is a child who lives in a foster home. They don't know much about D but they ...

from librariankristin

In 1996 three girls forge a friendship amidst the events leading up to the death of Tupac Shakur. The unnamed protagonist and her best friend, Neeka, let foster child D Foster into their circle and learn about life beyond their close-knit Queens neighborhood in this poignant coming-of-age tale fr...

from chrisriggleman

Such an amazingly powerful read. The way the author uses Tupac's music to to bring to life a girl, D, who embodies the words that flow out of his songs is magical. The bond that forms between the narrator and D is one of magic. By the end of the story they are on the same level both mind and body...