The Stars Beneath Our Feet (Hardcover)

from electrascaife

Lolly is growing up in projects in Harlem and dealing with the myriad obstacles that this life sets for him: he's working through a depression brought on by the gang-related death of his older brother while trying to stay out of the gangs himself. When his mom's girlfriend brings home two garbage...

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Lolly is grieving over his dead older brother, who was murdered at a night club. He thinks he's a little old for Legos but finds building an escape. At his after school program, he is given a space by Mr, Ali to build. It helps the bad inside him. When he becomes friendly with Big Rose after they...

from stevrbee

This is a book I likely never would have read if it hadn't been a Pride Month recommendation on the Libby app. I read the description and it seemed like it might be interesting, and when I saw that it was on hold I became intrigued about what other people saw in this book that it would be on hold...

from nbmars

12-year-old Wallace ("Lolly") Rachpaul lives in St. Nicholas Houses, a public housing project in Central Harlem, New York City. He lives alone with his mother; she and Lolly's dad split up after his mother decided she preferred women. His mother has been in a happy relationship with her girlfrien...

from ewyatt

Lolly is grieving over his dead older brother, who was murdered at a night club. He thinks he's a little old for Legos but finds building an escape. At his after school program, he is given a space by Mr, Ali to build. It helps the bad inside him. When he becomes friendly with Big Rose after they...